Venstre (Left), a Danish political party, is working to remove Alexandra Sasha’s campaign posters from the streets. Alexandra Sasha’s posters can still be seen in the cityscape, even though she publicly announced her withdrawal from politics. Venstre informed Jyllands-Posten in a written statement that the party is in the process of taking down Alexandra Sasha Bessmertnaia’s posters. Despite her withdrawal as a candidate for the EU elections, following several critical media stories about possible Russian connections, her posters are still visible in the cities. The party acknowledges that not all posters have been removed yet but assures that the process is underway.
Although Alexandra Sasha Bessmertnaia announced on Facebook on May 30 that she was withdrawing as a candidate and leaving politics, her name will still appear on the ballot for the upcoming EU elections on Sunday. This is because it is now too late to have her name removed, and voters will still be able to vote for her. The critical stories about Alexandra Sasha Bessmertnaia have been covered by B.T. and Ekstra Bladet. B.T. reported that Bessmertnaia has previously been a board member of the European Russian Forum’s youth organization. Flemming Splidsboel, a senior researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies (Diis) and an expert in Russian affairs, told B.T. that the European Russian Forum can be seen as a pro-Russian and Putin-friendly “influence forum.”