Representative
Senator
Council of the Federation
RU-103426 - Moscow
Russian Federation
Working language: English
23/06/2021 | 18:08:27 Thank you, Madam President. We, of course, very much desire that the rights of Tatars in Crimea be respected. However, this report does not, in our view, give an objective picture of the situation. It does not give objective information about the life of Crimean Tatars, nor of changes that might have taken place after unification with Crimea. The report says nothing about the fact that major changes took place after the reunification with Russia. For example, we re-instated traditional... 28/01/2021 | 13:32:22 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Article 10 of the ECHR declares that everyone has the right to freedom of expression, the right to impart information and ideas without interference by public authority and regardless of frontiers. However, the freedom of speech and expression is violated more and more often in social networks, online mass media discrimination and blocking access to Internet platforms performed by the largest Internet companies have become more frequent. In... 27/01/2021 | 18:13:23 Dear colleagues, dear friends, I'm not going to be praising the report like previous speakers. I find it a great pity that the work on this report was done without a deep understanding of the problem and without a careful study of the way NGO activities are governed in various cases. Because of the lack of a professional, legal assessment of the national legislation of various countries including the Russian Federation, we don't end up with a comparative legal analysis. I think that it's... 26/01/2021 | 12:58:50 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Work carried out by international courts is extremely vital since for many people the decisions issued by ECtHR seen as the only way of protecting their rights, provided that all domestic remedies have been exhausted. All ECtHR decisions and documents relating to ECtHR activities, must be verified and based on an accurate interpretation of existing legal norms. It is, hence, especially important to assess legal provisions of the participating... 30/01/2020 | 19:12:04 Thank you, President, Dear colleagues, It is very obvious that the existing monitoring mechanisms of the Council of Europe, especially the one of the Parliamentary Assembly, urgently need to be reformed. Let me remind you that the main purpose of monitoring is to provide support to the participating states in the Parliamentary Assembly in their work on improving democratic institutions and procedures. Now, obviously, such assistance should be fully depoliticised. Let me remind you that seven...
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 29/04/2020 | Doc. 15103 | Written declaration Pan-European solidarity in times of fight against the COVID-19 pandemic 27/03/2020 | Doc. 15094 | Motion for a resolution COVID-19 – an effective and human rights-compliant response
23/06/2021 | Doc. 15301, vote on the draft text for resolution Enhancing participation of women from under-represented groups in political and public decision making 23/06/2021 | Doc. 15305, vote on the draft text for resolution The situation of Crimean Tatars 22/04/2021 | Doc. 15270, vote on the draft text for resolution The arrest and detention of Alexei Navalny in January 2021 22/04/2021 | Doc. 15270, vote on the draft text for recommendation The arrest and detention of Alexei Navalny in January 2021 21/04/2021 | Doc. 15256, vote on the draft text for resolution Human rights violations in Belarus require an international investigation