Eurasian Observatory for Democracy and Elections

Eurasian Observatory for Democracy and Elections (EODE) is a Russia-based Eurasianist non-governmental organization which on its website claims that it monitors elections. According to its website, it specializes in the "self-proclaimed republics" (Abkhazia, Transdnistria, Nagorno-Karabakh). It is led by the Belgian activist Luc Michel. EODE's other leader is Jean-Pierre Vandersmissen. Both Michel and Vandermissen are followers of the Belgian Neo-Nazi politician Jean-François Thiriart.

According to Oliver Bullough, on its website the organization stated that "it shares the values of "the current Russian leadership and V.V. Putin."" The organization is committed to a multi-polar world and critical of the "unipolar world dominated in the twenty-first century by the superpower of the United States and its military arm of NATO". It is opposed to the imposition of Western values and the identification of "western-style parliamentary system" with "democracy" as a "universal norm" "not open to criticism".

EODE visited Crimea during the 2014 Crimean referendum international observer team and claimed that the referendum was conducted in a legitimate manner.

The organization has offices in Moscow, Paris, Brussels, Sochi and Chișinău.

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