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Mr Andrey EPISHIN

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Representative
Senator

Council of the Federation
RU-103426 - Moscow
Russian Federation

council.gov.ru/en

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2021 , 2020 , 2019

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: Members not belonging to a Political Group since 25/06/2019

In the Assembly

  • since 25/01/2021 Representative - Russian Federation
  • from 27/01/2020 to 24/01/2021 Substitute - Russian Federation
  • from 25/06/2019 to 26/01/2020 Representative - Russian Federation

In the committee(s) and sub-committee(s)

  • Full Member: Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 27/01/2020 to 24/01/2021)
  • Alternate of Mr Vladimir KOZHIN (Full Member): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 25/01/2021)
  • Alternate of Ms Alfiia KOGOGINA (Full Member): Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (from 25/06/2019 to 26/01/2020)
  • Alternate of Ms Alena ARSHINOVA (Full Member): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 25/06/2019 to 26/01/2020)

Interventions

Last speeches

20/04/2021 | 16:53:35 Good afternoon dear colleagues. The Russian Federation as well as the international community as a whole understands that there are major insufficiencies in taxation rules for digital companies which have currently created a situation in which the effective corporate tax rate of these companies is much lower than for companies of other sectors, given the limited physical presence of these digital companies in the countries of residence of their users. These problems are the catalyst for the... 28/01/2020 | 19:31:25 Dear colleagues, Although the topic at hand is in line with Russian interest, and media freedom and journalist's safety is paid particular attention in the Russian Federation, the content of the draft resolution, in our opinion, is extremely provocative and includes numerous provisions which are not acceptable to us. The document is a clear example of a selective tendentious approach to certain member states of the Council of Europe. We do not support the conclusions included on the document...

Activities

Reports and committee opinions

Motions, Written Declarations, Questions

01/07/2021 | Doc. 15339 | Motion for a resolution Violation of the rights of national minorities in Ukraine 15/02/2021 | Doc. 15058 | Written declaration Condemnation of attempts at Second World War revisionism 15/02/2021 | Doc. 15103 | Written declaration Pan-European solidarity in times of fight against the COVID-19 pandemic 22/06/2020 | Doc. 15119 | Motion for a resolution The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education and culture 29/04/2020 | Doc. 15103 | Written declaration Pan-European solidarity in times of fight against the COVID-19 pandemic

Votes on adopted texts

24/06/2021 | Doc. 15250, vote on the draft text for recommendation For a European policy on diasporas 24/06/2021 | Doc. 15306, vote on the draft text for resolution Combating Afrophobia, or anti-Black racism, in Europe 24/06/2021 | Doc. 15302, vote on the draft text for recommendation Transparency and regulation of donations to political parties and electoral campaigns from foreign donors 22/06/2021 | Doc. 15308, vote on the draft text for resolution Media freedom, public trust and the people’s right to know 22/06/2021 | Doc. 15308, vote on the draft text for recommendation Media freedom, public trust and the people’s right to know