Aymeri de Montesquiou-Fezensac d’Artagnan
Versions of names: Аймери де Монтескью-Фезенсак д'Артаньян
France
Aymeri de Montesquiou-Fezensac d’Artagnan has been the mayor of the tiny French town of Marsan since 1976. He is a member of the Republican Party in France. He was a Member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 1993 and senator of Gers from 1998 to 2015. Aymeri de Montesquiou-Fezensac d’Artagnan was indicted for accepting bribes and money laundering in relation to the so-called Kazakhgate and took part in the politically biased international monitoring mission to the Russian regional elections in September 2017.
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.
legitimate
Election Day was held on September 10, 2017. 82 out of 85 of Russia's regions took part in the voting. Only in Saint Petersburg, Republic of Ingushetia and Magadan Oblast no elections took place
illegitimate
During the “presidential elections” held in Russia from 15-17 March 2024, Vladislav Davankov (“New People” party), Nikolay Kharitonov (Communist Party), Vladimir Putin, and Leonid Slutsky (Liberal-Democratic Party) competed for the presidency. Enabled to run yet again by controversial constitutional amendments effective 4 July 2020, Putin dominated the “elections” together with his controlled “opposition” excluding genuine opposition figures. These “elections” occurred under Putin’s regime control, both within Russia and illegally in occupied Ukrainian territories, including Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, ARC and Sevastopol.