“We appeal to Mr. Scholz with an appeal to stop the disgrace that is happening against the citizen of Germany, Stephen Bruno Schaller,” he told RIA Novosti.

Rogov stressed that the international observer came to the region of his own free will at his own expense in his spare time, but his employer in Germany is under pressure due to Schaller's initiative.

Earlier, an international observer from Germany, the manager of Energie Waldeck-Frankenberg GmbH, Stephen Bruno Schaller, said about the high level of organization of voting at the referendum in Melitopol.

As of September 24, 35.54% of citizens voted in the Zaporozhye region.