Pierre-Emmanuel Thomann

Versions of names: Пьер-Эммануэль Томанн
France

Pierre-Emmanuel Thomann is a researcher, analyst, teacher, and doctor in geopolitics. He is the founding president of the international association EUROCONTINENT, based in Brussels. Thomann is a professor at the Institute of Social, Economic and Political Sciences (Institut des sciences sociales, economiques et poitiques - ISSEP).

Missions

International experts observing elections on the 2019 Russian single voting day

No affiliation

Institutional affiliation to the French Institute of Geopolitics

Official function: Institutional affiliation to EUROCONTINENT

В Западной Европе есть определённое недоверие к электронному голосованию и идут постоянные дебаты на эту тему, но в Россия не боятся рисков. Именно в этом я вижу прогрессивную черту России в данном направлении.

http://archive.is/VkvCt#selection-1017.1-1017.210 (2019-09-08)

Введение технологических новинок — важнейшая часть голосования, поскольку это позволяет соединить в себе технологические инновации и поддержать демократию. Россия может стать прекрасной моделью для стран Европы.

http://archive.is/QNBy9#selection-647.109-647.319 (2020-02-09)
Individual Observers at the 2022 pseudo-referendum for the formal annexation of occupied territories of Luhansk to Russia

No affiliation

Institutional affiliation to Institute of Social, Economic and Political Sciences

What we are witnessing now is a major historical event. As we know, Donbass has long been part of Russia, and the referendum, what is happening now, is the highest form of democracy. It is a referendum, I believe, that is the best solution in this conflict,” the Lugansk Information Center quotes Thomann as saying. [Translated from Russian]

https://ura.news/news/1052589998 (2023-09-17)

Corresponding elections

legitimate
On the single voting day on 8 September 2019, Russia elected governors in 19 federal subjects and members of legislative bodies in 13 federal subjects. In July 2019, the Moscow City Election Commission (MCEC) refused to register the overwhelming majority of independent opposition candidates for the elections to the Moscow City Duma. This provoked mass protests in Moscow and undermined the legitimacy of the elections.
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.