Supporting the commitment to a comprehensive, just and lasting peace for Ukraine and the security of the European continent

Amendment No. 3 | Doc. 16311 | 27 January 2026

Signatories:

Ms Alicia KEARNS, United Kingdom, ECPA ; Dame Karen BRADLEY, United Kingdom, ECPA ; Baroness Lyn BROWN, United Kingdom, SOC ; Mr Gustaf GÖTHBERG, Sweden, EPP/CD ; Mr Pablo HISPÁN, Spain, EPP/CD

Origin

2026 - First part-session

In the draft resolution, after paragraph 9.10, insert the following paragraph:

"ensure the release of political prisoners in Russia, detained for speaking out against the renewed illegal invasion of Ukraine, is provided for in those agreements."

Explanatory note

This amendment recognises that as part of accountability and a genuine process of reconciliation in Russia there must be the release of ordinary Russians imprisoned for opposing the renewed illegal invasion of Ukraine which ranges from children as young as 14 to the elderly.