Bulgarian referendum observer calls possible EU sanctions fascism

“It will be pure fascism if this happens ... The EU always says that they are a democratic organization and wants to be an example to everyone ... If this (the imposition of sanctions against observers. - 

) happens, it means that the EU is turning into a fascist organization" , he told RIA Novosti.

An observer from Italy, an international lawyer, an expert in the field of geopolitics, Marco Pata, said earlier that the presence at the referendum in the Zaporozhye region could lead to sanctions against observers, although Italian law does not provide for such measures.

Subsequently, the representative of the EU Foreign Service, Peter Stano, said that the European Union could impose sanctions against Europeans who acted as observers in referendums on joining the Donbass republics, as well as Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, into Russia.