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Goran Simpraga

Versions of names: Šimpraga Goran, Горан Шимпрага
Serbia

Goran Šimpraga is the Director of the Ruski Ekspres (Russian Express) - a pro-Kremlin media outlet in Serbia.

Missions

Individual Observers at the 2022 pseudo-referendum for the formal annexation of occupied territories of Kherson to Russia

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Institutional affiliation to Ruski Ekspres (Russian Express)

I can only echo the words of my colleagues, despite the difficult situation during the special military operation, the conditions were created. We were surprised that the people came singing and dancing to decide their future. [Translated from Russian]

https://t.me/sskarnaukhov/29409 (2023-09-17)
Individual Observers at the 2023 territorial pseudo-elections in the occupied territories of Ukraine

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Institutional affiliation to Ruski Ekspres (Russian Express)

The election commission of the Zaporozhye region was visited by foreign electoral experts who came to the region for the elections, reports RIA Novosti correspondent.
Among the guests were Sebastian Salgado (Argentina), Fernando Moragon (Spain), Israel Gomez Arconada (Mexico), White Reid (USA), Thomas Reper (Germany), Goran Šimpraga (Serbia), Goran Petronijevic (Serbia) and Ljubica Blaškova (Slovakia). [Translated from Russian]

Corresponding elections

Referendum Election Ukraine Occupied territories 2022
illegitimate
From 23 to 27 September 2022, the Russian forces organised a sham election process - pseudo-referendum as a pretext for the formal annexation of the regions of occupied Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson by Russia. The annexation of the four regions was announced on 30 September 2022.
Local & Regional Election Ukraine Occupied territories 2023
illegitimate
From 8 to 10 September 2023, the Russian forces organised widely condemned regional and municipal elections in the regions of occupied Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson. The results were largely rejected by the international community, with North Korea and Syria being the only ones to explicitly recognise them.