28/01/2022 | 12:08:05 As of today, only the Minsk Agreement is recognised by the international community as the only instrument for ending the civil war in Ukraine, and as a consequence, ending the toll of victims on both sides of the Ukrainian conflict. Commencement to implementation by Ukraine of the Minsk Agreement it signed but is not implementing, is the path to ending the violations of fundamental rights and freedoms on the territory of a European state. The Assembly must use every opportunity to bring this... 28/01/2022 | 12:05:16 Distinguished Colleagues, I would like to introduce Amendment 10. We call on the Assembly in this way to help Ukraine to understand just how undemocratic its language laws are, which hinder study in the use of Hungarian, Russian, Romanian, Polish and other national minority languages on the territory of Ukraine. Concern about violation of language rights for the citizens of Ukraine has already been shown in the designation of an Assembly report on this issue, but that is a subject for... 28/01/2022 | 11:57:04 Thank you. The shutting down of opposition mass media and persecution of journalists and opposition politicians in Ukraine are well‑known facts. Freedom of thought and freedom of opinion are guaranteed by Articles 9 and 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights. They are therefore fundamental rights. The protection of which is to be exercised by the Assembly. This is not a question of relations between Ukraine and Russia, this is a fundamental position of our organisation. The obligations... 28/01/2022 | 11:54:10 Thank you. The Assembly, the speaker is breaking up. It may be on the floor channel. It is perfectly right that people should be able to move their army on their own territory because that is a sovereign right of any state unless it is limited by a specific treaty. Furthermore, the authors of the amendment have not adduced any technical evidence to the Assembly using technical verifications. The source of this information is basically the media, whose impact in crisis situations we... 28/01/2022 | 11:51:10 Thank you Chair. There is no legal justification for this Amendment. On the territory of Donetsk and Lugansk regions in the area of conflict there are a large number of citizens of the Russian Federation living and it's technically impossible for them to vote on the territory of Ukraine so they moved to the nearest residential area of the Russian territory, that is Rostov region. And on passportisation, this is also getting legally absurd. There has been no such an instance which can be held... 28/01/2022 | 11:23:19 ...the monitoring procedure is necessary. It makes it possible not only to monitor the implementation of obligations by countries, but also helps to improve those countries' legislation. The return points here are that they call for thematic and not country monitoring, I repeat. Otherwise, some countries will be under monitoring for ever. Secondly, monitoring should not just list problems, but also ensure that there is provision of information in the light of the real state of affairs and... 27/01/2022 | 13:13:09 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) I sincerely thank the rapporteur for his profound report and the committee for their responsible work with the document and the amendments. The report reflects the urgent aspects of our civilization's struggle against this sudden, severe challenge. The report analyzes in detail three basic directions in which humanity is trying to unfold its fight against the new coronavirus infection. The first direction is preventive measures: these include... 26/01/2022 | 18:33:05 Thank you very much. Esteemed colleagues, first of all, allow me to inform you that the Russian delegation with regard to this particular point has a very special and particular view about this report, the preparation running up to it, the tone, is of great concern as well. The Russian delegation will not get into a discussion following the presentation of this particular report and I simply wanted to present you a summary of our position. The Assembly, as a respected international... 26/01/2022 | 16:36:07 Thank you. Thank you, President. Colleagues, here at the opening of the session, we once again, have a small group of colleagues who are trying to change the way in which this Assembly is working. The arguments that they are putting forward are based on certain events that are presented in a distorted form hoping that those who are listening will think the misinformation they are providing is the truth. I will try to share the truth with you. Maybe you will understand. First of all, the... 25/01/2022 | 20:04:37 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) I’d like to thank Mrs. Engblom for her responsible study of the issue and will pay attention to paragraph 5 of the draft resolution. Unfortunately, in the modern world we increasingly come across the role of certain media as an instrument of confrontation policy. Reputable publications, channels incite militaristic hysteria. Every day we face their attempts to put pressure on society and governments with the imposition of the enemy image and...