Christian Verougstraete
Versions of names: Кристиан Веругстрат
Belgium
Christian Verougstraete is the Ostend city councilor and a former Belgian MP: from 1995 to 2014 he was a member of the Flemish Parliament. He consistently expressed support for the Kremlin's policy and observed the illegitimate “referendum” in Crimea in March 2014.
Corresponding elections
illegitimate
On 11 November 2018, the so-called Lugansk People’s Republic, located within the internationally recognised borders of Ukraine, held “elections” to elect a head of the “republic” and members of its “parliament”. The overwhelming majority of the world’s nations does not recognise the sovereignty of the Lugansk People’s Republic, while international institutions such as the OSCE ODIHR considered “elections” there as illegitimate and did not send international election observers there.