Democratic Party of Albania (PD)
Ownership as documented
Not applicable.
Conflicting records. The research disagrees; every version is shown and none has been chosen as correct.
- Name
- Democratic Party of Albania (PD)From the research record · cites:
- Lobbying with Russians? DP reacts: 'Lies paid by Edi Rama' (opens in a new tab)Top Channel · unknown · journalism · EN
- Partia Demokratike (Democratic Party, PD)From the research record · cites:
- DP Files Criminal Complaint over Police Violence during Tirana Protest (opens in a new tab)Albanian Daily News · Oct 2026 · journalism · EN
- Democratic Party of Albania (PD)From the research record · cites:
- Source label
- VERIFIEDFrom the research record · cites:
- Lobbying with Russians? DP reacts: 'Lies paid by Edi Rama' (opens in a new tab)Top Channel · unknown · journalism · EN
- OFFICIALLY_REPORTEDFrom the research record · cites:
- DP Files Criminal Complaint over Police Violence during Tirana Protest (opens in a new tab)Albanian Daily News · Oct 2026 · journalism · EN
- VERIFIEDFrom the research record · cites:
Description
Opposition party. Subject of the PD side of the 2021 and 2025 ad data, the Muzin lobbying case, and the 2018 Russian-funding claims. Included for comparison under the same evidence standard.
Other accounts in the research (1 field worded differently)
This record appears in more than one research record. The main text above comes from one; the other versions are kept here unedited.
- Description
- Opposition party. Subject of the PD side of the 2021 and 2025 ad data, the Muzin lobbying case, and the 2018 Russian-funding claims. Included for comparison under the same evidence standard.From the research record
- Opposition party; files complaints with SPAK over police violence (Dec 2024, Oct 2026).From the research record
Contracts and money
Contracts and money: not found in the research. See the gaps list.
Officials and people linked
Former DP general secretary; Muzin Capitol contract
Evidence: Tirana Times (2017) quotes Ristani that all contract payments went through banks; the legal file is in.
Investigations and cases
Sorted by reported money, then by linked people and their legal status. The money figure is the largest single reported figure, not a total.
From 23 Dec 2024
Democratic Party criminal complaints to SPAK over police violence against protesters (Dec 2024 and Oct 2026)
The Democratic Party (PD) filed a criminal complaint with SPAK over alleged police violence against students, high-school students and journalists in Tirana during recent protests, targeting the…
Status: Dec 2024 complaint: referred to Tirana Prosecution by SPAK (reported). Oct 2026 complaint: no action reported by PD; SPAK response not found.
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 4 sources.
Source label: VerifiedVerified · 2 sources
- Publisher
- Top Channel
- Date
- unknown
- Publisher
- Albanian Daily News
- Date
- Oct 2026
Source label: Under investigationUnder investigation · 2 sources
- Publisher
- Citizens.al
- Date
- 28 Apr 2021
- Publisher
- Tirana Times
- Date
- 9 Mar 2017
Other connections
PD paid $4,762 for ads on pages promoting PS (not attributed to PD accounts)
Evidence: Citizens.al (28 Apr 2021) says the PD-linked spend was on newly created pages that promoted PS and attacked PD; the article does not attribute this to PD's own accounts.