Denouncing ideology and practices of Ruscism in Europe

Motion for a resolution | Doc. 15772 | 11 May 2023

Signatories:

Mr Oleksandr MEREZHKO, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Mr Pavlo BAKUNETS, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Mr Taras BATENKO, Ukraine, NR ; Ms Larysa BILOZIR, Ukraine, ALDE ; Ms Ieva BRANTE, Latvia, NR ; Mr Normunds DZINTARS, Latvia, EC/DA ; Mr Oleksii GONCHARENKO, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Ms Sally-Ann HART, United Kingdom, EC/DA ; Ms Maria JUFEREVA-SKURATOVSKI, Estonia, ALDE ; Mr Serhii KALCHENKO, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Mr Yuriy KAMELCHUK, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Ms Iryna KONSTANKEVYCH, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Ms Mariia MEZENTSEVA, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Ms Aušrinė NORKIENĖ, Lithuania, SOC ; Mr Bob van PAREREN, Netherlands, EC/DA ; Mr Serhii SOBOLIEV, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Mr Pavlo SUSHKO, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Mr Andrius VYŠNIAUSKAS, Lithuania, EPP/CD ; Ms Lesia ZABURANNA, Ukraine, ALDE ; Mr Emanuelis ZINGERIS, Lithuania, EPP/CD

This motion has not been discussed in the Assembly and commits only those who have signed it.

A new totalitarian ideology and practice of Ruscism – which is the ideology of the Russian terrorist regime – has become a source of crimes such as crime of aggression, war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, committed by the Russian Federation against Ukraine, as well as in Chechnya and Syria. Ruscism is a mixture of totalitarian ideologies and practices such as Soviet totalitarian communism, Nazism, Russian chauvinism and imperialism.

Ideology and practice of Ruscism, as a kind of Russian fascism, should be denounced in Europe as well as in the world.

The propaganda of Ruscism and its symbols should not be protected by freedom of speech. Glorification of Ruscism should not be tolerated in the member States of the Council of Europe.