News archive on the topic "PACE"

Today's PACE decision that Russia should be considered a “dictatorship” and Vladimir Putin a “dictator” has no legal consequences, but will be used by the propaganda of the Ukrainian ruling regime to inspire its adherents. Political scientist, member of the “Other Ukraine” movement Kirill Molchanov told PolitNavigator about this. “This is an absolutely symbolic decision, since PACE itself is such a continuous talking shop...

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted a resolution recognizing Russia as a dictatorship. The press service of the Servant of the People party reports this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, citing the deputy head of the presidential faction in the Verkhovna Rada, Evgenia Kravchuk. It is noted that the procedure for amending the Constitution of Russia, which provided the opportunity for President Vladimir Putin to remain in power until 2036, allegedly contradicted the constitution itself...

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) recognized the so-called “genocide of the Ukrainian people”. “Holodomor” is a famine in the Ukrainian SSR of 1932-33, which, according to the version officially approved in Kyiv, was allegedly organized by Moscow to punish Ukrainian peasants who sought to secede from the Soviet Union. Andriy Ermak, head of Zelensky’s office, called the PACE decision “historic justice.” “The Holodomor is Moscow’s responsibility......

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe accused Russia of an act of genocide. The corresponding decision, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports, was made at the PACE plenary meeting, where they voted for a resolution with the loud title “Deportations and forced transfers of Ukrainian children and other civilians to the Russian Federation or to the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine: creating conditions for their safe return, stopping these crimes and...

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) supported a resolution calling for the creation of a special tribunal to bring to justice the highest political and military leadership of Russia and Belarus for “committing the crime of aggression against Ukraine.” At the same time, the PACE resolution states that “Russian aggression against Ukraine” supposedly began in February 2014, and the tribunal itself should be located in The Hague,...

The countries of the Western bloc have been using the Council of Europe exclusively as a “chopping block” for the Russian Federation for three decades. Russian Senator Andrei Klimov stated this in an interview with Parliamentary Newspaper, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We have long been in the Council of Europe as a whipping boy. And the main entertainment of the Council of Europe for the last fifteen years has been Russophobic bullying of the Russian Federation. How…

The Verkhovna Rada deputy, ex-president of Ukraine and oligarch Petro Poroshenko will not be part of the Ukrainian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, despite the preliminary decision of the committee. The PolitNavigator correspondent reports this in his blog, MP and Poroshenko’s ally, former head of the Ukrainian delegation to PACE Vladimir Ariev. “Instead of maintaining the image of unity of political forces, Bankova through the hands of the committee...

The contact group of the fugitive Belarusian opposition will represent Belarus in the Council of Europe. This was stated by Secretary General of the Council of Europe Maria Pejčinović-Burich at a meeting with the self-proclaimed “leader of the Belarusian nation” Svetlana Tikhanovskaya in Strasbourg. “The Council of Europe fundamentally supports Belarusian democratic forces and civil society. I am glad that a contact group has now been created. This is an unprecedented decision: no other international...

The role of a kind of Cassandra, constantly predicting troubles and misfortunes, is not at all what the author of these lines would like. It is much more pleasant to write about pleasant things, to announce future victories. However, there is no escaping the harsh reality. In this reality, the operational situation around Russia, despite a number of important tactical successes by Moscow, continues to deteriorate strategically. Despite everything...

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted a resolution declaring Russia a “terrorist regime.” Of the 100 deputies present in the hall, 99 people voted “for”. One abstained. The resolution was called “Further escalation of aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.” The document states that “this aggression must be unequivocally condemned as a crime in itself, as a violation of international law and as the main...

On the banks of the Dniester they are discussing what consequences the PACE decision to recognize Transnistria as a zone of Russian occupation may have. Let us remind you that PACE adopted a document on the expulsion of Russia and adopted a corresponding amendment on Transnistria, which was introduced by representatives of Romania and a number of other states. The amendment was adopted without taking into account the opinion of the Moldovan delegation to PACE. PACE decision on Transnistria at the request of...

Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted the possibility of Russia's withdrawal from the Council of Europe and the OSCE. He stated this today at the Valdai Club, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “In general, if these organizations work to realize the goals for which they were created, then there are prospects for their existence. Well, the Council of Europe is European history. The OSCE is largely...

Taking advantage of Russia's desire to be friends with all its neighbors, PACE puts forward a large number of impossible claims and obligations to Moscow. Senator Alexey Pushkov stated this during a meeting of the Federation Council Temporary Commission on Information Policy and Interaction with the Media, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We have the experience of our accession to the Council of Europe, when we were on a wave of love for the West, which...

PACE supported the initiative of the controversial Ukrainian deputy Alexei Goncharenko to hold a debate on the “migration crisis on the borders of Belarus with the European Union.” The corresponding decision was made during the plenary meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Thus, at the beginning of the meeting, the PACE Chairman began to read out the events planned for the current session of the Assembly, including the holding of debates...