27/04/2022 | 18:56:59 Thank you, dear colleagues, for the ability to deliver my message. Madam President, Honourable rapporteur, Colleagues, When we speak about these dirty criminal assets — especially those owned by Russian oligarchs — and their good use, we need to understand the following thing. The assets of oligarchs and those that are associated with the Kremlin are essentially assets used by Putin and his surrounding. The entire Russian economy is based on the use of economic assets that normally belong to... 26/04/2022 | 12:41:19 Thank you, Madam Commissioner. You have rightfully mentioned that today is the 62nd day of war and it is not just war in Ukraine, as you said numerous times, it is a war of oppression conducted by the Russian Federation. We have to name the things right. The atrocities you mentioned are being done by Russian invaders in Ukraine. My question is: what are your concrete plans for visiting Ukraine? I would like to kindly remind you that the Presidential Committee of PACE, together with the... 15/03/2022 | 12:18:33 Thank you, madam chair. Dear colleagues, you know every Ukrainian remembers the first call he or she got on the morning of 24 February. Mine was from my mother. She called me and said "I heard planes over the house and I think the war has started". And 10 minutes later I looked at my window in Kyiv apartment and I saw a bomb explosion. Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, was bombed. It's been 20 days since then, 20 days of unprecedented courage of Ukrainian people fighting, 20 days of political... 27/01/2022 | 13:13:05 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Dear colleagues, Though, the enforced disappearances are equally prohibited under international human rights law and international humanitarian law, it keeps on happening. The distinguished Rapporteur mentioned several countries’ cases, which were the scope of attention of the Assembly (Belarus, the Southern Caucasus states). I want to add one to the list: the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine, which is now the temporarily occupied... 27/01/2022 | 12:41:47 Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, first of all I would like to thank all of you for the firm position on Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. It's very important for us. Also it's very important for us and for Ukraine, all Ukrainian people, that we discussed numerous times in this Assembly the military build-up alongside the Ukrainian border. Yes, it's over 100 000 Russian troops near our border, but this is the reality in which our people have been living for 8 years... 26/01/2022 | 16:20:36 Thank you very much. Distinguished Members of the Assembly, Mister President. Let’s admit that we do have substantive grounds not to ratify the credentials of the Russian Federation. As the rapporteur correctly mentioned, the Russian Federation did not fulfil any of the resolutions since 2009 concerning Russia. In addition, the decisions of the European Court for Human Rights had been ignored by Russian authorities, and the Navalny case is a really good illustrative case. Moreover, Russian... 25/01/2022 | 18:06:54 Thank you, Mr President. Dear Colleagues, I'd like to greet the rapporteur on the great work and very acute topic in these days, and I was waiting for the debates to that. “Polarisation” and “COVID infodemic” are the most commonly used words to describe all this media situation during the last two years. And as the rapporteur correctly mentioned, one of the top priorities is fighting the disinformation. As the EU showed by issuing in mid 2020 the joint communication by the Commission and the... 25/01/2022 | 10:49:19 Thank you dear Colleagues. Madam President, First of all I would like to extend my gratitude to both of the rapporteurs with whom I worked in the Committee for their work on very acute issues. As they correctly mentioned, the country’s cultural and religious traditions cannot be used to justify discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. It is a pity to hear about the alleged violations of rights of LGBTI people, especially in times of greater vulnerability associated with... 24/06/2021 | 10:34:07 Thank you, Mister President. Dear Assembly members, dear rapporteur, The main idea, which is raised in the report — to come up with the joint strategy on the development of the unified policies on diasporas — is very well received by all our colleagues. This is a strategic approach, would it be realised, to set the predictable long-term standards for both receiving diasporas countries and sending diasporas countries. The proposed initiatives can be implemented mainly in countries with strong... 23/06/2021 | 17:59:11 Thank you, Madam President. First of all I would like to express my gratitude to the rapporteur on her having elaborated on this very important topic under the unprecedented pressure from the Russian delegation. I’m using this opportunity to highlight several conclusions from this outstanding report. The main conclusion is that we, as an international political institution, have to prevent the Russian Federation from legitimising the discriminatory rules and the breaches of the rule of law...