10/04/2025 | 11:34:56 Dear President, I'm so glad today to have the privilege to overview Georgian affairs and the shape of democracy, which was so downgraded during the last years in Georgia under the leadership of former Russian oligarch Ivanishvili. From my point of view, we should face a dramatic fight from the European side, helping Georgians - helping Georgians who are dedicated, probably a leading nation in the Caucasus which would like to be members of NATO and the European Union. That is a tragedy and we... 09/04/2025 | 17:35:38 But not taking decisive action in Ukraine. Supporting Ukraine, especially comprehensive military support and assistance. We are approaching a major war between the West and the neo-Soviet Russian regime. A war in which all European countries could become involved. Because Russian history, after the Bolshevik communist coup in 1917, represents only a single showcase of testing Western democracies in terms of their weaknesses and vulnerability. After cementing his dictatorship at the cost of... 08/04/2025 | 11:50:39 My dearest colleagues, I would like to say that this incredibly unscrupulous report by our rapporteur, Ms Zanda KALNIŅA-LUKAŠEVICA, is our response to this incredible attack on democracy, on democratic countries, by the union of dictatorships between Moscow, Beijing, Tehran, North Korea, and they have used every possible means against us in recent years to destroy our democratic system. It is about the incredibly large tsunami, for example, against the South American countries from [Russia... 30/01/2025 | 11:55:24 "Thank you, Madam President" (spoken in French). First, we have real fighting democrats on the balcony. I remember in 1993, when I was started to be, but we have them here. That is a huge step forward that we agree, friends, with the structural changes. And they have their office here, they will be observing our work. And I invite to structuralise until the end and to have them in the committees. So welcome, welcome. Secondly, we have just [had a] hybrid attack from Mr Alexander LUKASHENKO's... 29/01/2025 | 17:21:02 Dear President, Georgia was a key. Georgian society was a key power in the 1990s. In my time, when I remember when they were supporting us in Lithuania to destroy the evil empire, the Soviet Union. I remember all of them. I remember Mr Zviad GAMSAKHURDIA. I remember other friends from 1989. I remember printed anti Soviet, anti communist democratic newspapers in Vilnius for Georgia in the Georgian language. It was our common goal to destroy the evil empire, to destroy the ruins of Mr Josef... 28/01/2025 | 17:06:29 Thank you, dear friends. It is good that we are coming back to issues related to the Middle East. It will be good to have a report about Aleppo too. It will be good to have reports about the Syrian government's crimes and other issues. But probably it will follow. From my point of view, this matter is related to the essence of what happened on 7 October. After 2005, when Prime Minister Sharon ordered to withdraw all Israelis from the Gaza Strip, we have the following development that the... 27/01/2025 | 11:49:55 It's correct. Thank you. So I would like to ask if under rule.. Yeah, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, madam, thank you so much. Under Rule 8, your challenge must be supported by at least 30, I would like to say 30 members from at least five national delegations present in the chamber today currently. Will those members supporting this challenge please rise in your places and remain standing while we check whether the requirement is met? Ladies and gentlemen. Now, our table is just... 27/01/2025 | 11:40:08 Dear colleagues, It's a great occasion to see all of you, your faces. We wish you a happy new year, good health and we encourage you to fight for our European values in Europe, honourable distinguished countries. So we are proud to have all of you with your internally prepared conditions for this important week. So I would like to ask you for permission to declare the first part-session of the 2025 Ordinary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of our Council of Europe declared to be open... 30/09/2024 | 12:28:04 It is an incredible moment of victory, of democracy, and it's not a gift from the Kremlin. It's our everyday efforts not to give the democratic world to be shrunk. And I would like to say that we have a chance to win. The democratic space led by people like Mr Vladimir KARA-MURZA is our chance to win. I would like to say thank you so much to everyone here. Vladimir, can you imagine our session, January session started with you. Everyone was appealing to the governments from this hall in... 26/06/2024 | 16:55:27 Dear colleagues and friends, I have spent more than 30 years in this Assembly. Now during the 75th year we are facing our unique phase that we are together, and we are voting in favour of mostly all the resolutions. In front of us, we have three rapporteurs. Ms Yevheniia KRAVCHUK's report is about a total annihilation and a political will to eliminate Ukrainian culture. Mr Davor Ivo STIER's report, he called in two words, I would like to cite my friend, "it's intentionally preparing the...