Vladislav Grib (

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

: Владислав Валерьевич Гриб; 16 May 1972) is a Russian lawyer and politician. His appointment in June 2016 as a personal representative to the

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’s Chairperson-in-Office “on combating

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xenophobia Xenophobia () is the fear or dislike of anything which is perceived as being foreign or strange. It is an expression of perceived conflict between an in-group and out-group and may manifest in suspicion by the one of the other's activities, a ...

and

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” has been heavily criticized since he has been accused of rubberstamping the Crimean referendum which took place in

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before its annexation by the Russian Federation.Russian OSCE appointee implicated in Russia’s fake Crimea referendum & war propaganda
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'', 13 June 2016.

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