22/04/2021 | 10:39:49 Thank you very much. Good morning. In point 30 of the report of Mr Jacques MAIRE, there is an appeal to the Russian delegation to participate constructively in any future work on additional measures relating to this text. Now, to participate in this debate, we have six members of our delegation, who have inscribed. I think that is a confirmation of the fact that we are prepared for an exchange of views. We would like our arguments to be heard out and we would not want this to be a one-sided... 19/04/2021 | 18:53:25 Thank you very much Madam President. Ms Elvira KOVÁCS has worked hard, no doubt about it. I've read the text carefully. The recommendation as well. It serves the purpose that she has set for herself, namely to advance the protection of minorities throughout Europe. But there is one conclusion that I don't think has been incorporated into this report before the House. Article 14, paragraph 2 of the Framework Convention. If it is breeched, this is the article that allows you to receive teaching... 26/01/2021 | 12:59:13 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Since the end of 1990s, Russia, like other countries, see that international bodies entitled to interpret international treaties (including ECtHR) deviate in their decisions from their literal wording, filling norms of such treaties with a different meaning than the one that was laid down during their signing, ratification. So-called "evolutionary" approach to interpretation, appeared two decades ago, prompted the Council of Europe member... 25/01/2021 | 19:12:51 Thank you very much Madam President. With this particular amendment, we would like to invite the Assembly to make proper assessment of issues. What we are speaking about here are linguistic rights in the Ukraine in addition to drawing attention to the issue of the Ukrainian language and the Russian language as dual national languages as well as for the educational system to take this into consideration. We feel that this is an obligation that has also been expressed by the Venice Commission... 25/01/2021 | 18:59:07 Thank you very much, Madam President, and good evening colleagues. The deletion of 10.11 is entirely tendentious. This paragraph is tendentious and has no relation to real circumstances in the Russian Federation. The monitoring of the Russian Federation has become undermined by politicisation. In this paragraph, as in 9.11, the implication is that as long as you are under monitoring, you will not be given the opportunity to improve and show that you have mastered the situation. I support what... 30/01/2020 | 11:53:16 Thank you President and good morning colleagues. As I see it, one of the key things when discussing this issue is in fact what is contained in the opening sentence of paragraph 9 of the resolution. "The Assembly welcomes the steps taken by the Azerbaijani authorities in recent years to reform the penitentiary, criminal justice and judicial systems, including the executive order of 2017 and the presidential decree of 2019", end of quote. Now, I think Mr John HOWELL also touched upon that point... 28/01/2020 | 19:34:50 Thank you President. Colleagues, We support this issue as an important issue. But we do not support the content of the resolution for the following reason. We don't think that the Platform is a Convention body and we don't think there is sufficient base for the points made in 9.4. The criticisms made of our legislation. There is a reference to self-censorship. Now, if this is true on self-censorship, isn't it important to think before you speak or write? The father of German philosophy...