25/01/2019 | 12:17:47 It might be Friday, but we are talking about an important question that touches on our key European values. I am glad to say that Mr Arnaut discharged his duty seriously and scrupulously. Our rapporteur did an excellent job. The most important issue is our suggestion of holding more hearings, which Mr Jordi XUCLÀ mentioned. CPT hearings are extremely important. As Ms Thorhildur Sunna ÆVARSDÓTTIR has just said, not many executives even know what they are. Finally, we should implement CPT... 24/01/2019 | 11:07:58 On Tuesday, my friend and colleague Mr Andreas NICK, in the discussion of a Magnitsky Law, stated truthfully that it should be based purely on the requirements of international law. I agree. Looking at this situation purely from the perspective of international law, all international law agreements have been violated by the Russian aggression against Ukraine, Georgia, and the Republic of Moldova. I have been coming here since 1993. I remember that, in 1996, the Assembly voted in favour of... 23/01/2019 | 16:14:30 I join everyone in congratulating the rapporteur, and the Committee and its staff, on this mature report. We have two reasons to be worried. First, our media and its independence should be under the shield of our support. Secondly, we have the new issue of attempts by non-democratic countries to create fake news and lying to support their preferred candidates in democratic countries. A report from the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy on the hacking of democracy will probably be... 22/01/2019 | 17:24:45 We are dealing with the report of Lord Donald ANDERSON, which addresses an issue that we discussed today with Secretary General JAGLAND and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland. We are talking about how we can co-operate with the Russian Federation, given that the entire judiciary and courts system is being used to further the aims and objectives of the regime and of President Putin. Given that situation, what can we do? We have to deal with the facts that have been confirmed by...