27/01/2022 | 12:52:42 Thank you, Mr President. Dear colleagues. I think it is the main topic that we need to discuss in this parliamentary session and I want to return you to the name of this discussion, which is "the role of the Council of Europe in security in Europe". I want to thank all speakers of parliamentary groups, I say all speakers because there were two main words – "peace" and "security" – in each speech. It is impossible to imagine how we can protect human rights in the conditions of war. So I think... 29/01/2020 | 19:21:42 Thank you, Mr President. It's not a question that somebody likes or dislikes somebody. It's another question, it's a question of values. So when we try to understand each other it's impossible when the other side declares that you are illegal. Who is illegal? Ukrainian delegation is illegal! Mr Piotr TOLSTOY or President Volodymyr Zelensky is illegal. So why President Putin signed some agreements with you. Second, you say that Russia is not engaged in all this aggression in Ukraine. Why is Mr... 29/01/2020 | 17:44:10 Thank you, Mr President, I only can understand the feelings and senses of Mr Frank SCHWABE when he opened the Helsinki document of the Committee of Ministers and our rules and procedures. How we can unite on this? And all our discussion about this? It's not a discussion about sanctions because if a country is not a member of this organisation, it's excluded from this organisation. What sanctions can you do towards this country? It's more about how to divide the process of excluding a country... 27/01/2020 | 15:41:50 Thank you, Mister President. I think that a serious discussion of the situation in Belarus and the situation especially with the election process shows that it's very important to analyze the main principles of the ability of our organization to have a very close and quick reaction on everything. Belarus is our neighbor. It's a neighbor with whom we have been living in peace for a long period of time and, even in the period of Russian aggression, the decision of the Belarus Parliament and... 26/06/2019 | 16:03:58 Thank you. First of all, I want to thank Sir GALE for excellent work. On the first point of view, very easy, because it's easy to analyse all seven reports on the violation of human rights and the Russian Federation, but of course it was very complicated to understand how on such cases of violation of human rights you can allow to be the equal member of the Council of Europe for the country that did and do these violations? It's some interesting idea when you read this text, 11 first items... 24/06/2019 | 18:39:38 Thank you. Russia decided to withdraw their troops from occupied territories of Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine. Russia decided to withdraw all their troops and start the process of demilitarization of the Crimean Peninsula. Russia decided to free all political prisoners. Tomorrow, Russia decided to stop all agressions in Europe and all over the world. Russia decided not to violate Human rights. Russia, Russia, Russia! It's not report about Russia. It's a report only about Russia. What are the... 10/04/2019 | 17:57:04 How many times do we have to come back in a circle to the same point and try to decide political issues – very political issues – by procedural measures? And how many times will we avoid calling things by their real names? The report concludes that the Council of Europe is in a deep political and financial crisis, and it proposes addressing this crisis by reducing the power of the Parliamentary Assembly. I believe that all of us represent countries with parliamentary systems, and we... 24/01/2019 | 11:17:57 First, Madam President, thank you for your quick reaction when, on 26 November, you gave a clear response to this conflict using your strong voice as President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. The response must be about solving this for the people of our countries and for peace throughout Europe and doing everything we can to stop the Russian aggression against Ukraine. I thank you, Mr Nick, because only a rapporteur who is a citizen of a country that lived for 45 years...