22/04/2026 | 13:06:26 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) The Republic of Moldova ratified the Istanbul Convention in October 2021. In this way, Moldova became the thirty-fifth state to join the Convention. But more importantly – we made a clear choice. A choice to prevent violence, protect victims, and prosecute perpetrators. Not as some abstract commitments, but as our real priorities. Let me briefly highlight some of the recent measures: We established a specialised National Agency for Preventing... 09/04/2025 | 18:16:00 Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, Accountability for war crimes is not just a legal necessity – it is a moral imperative and a matter of regional and global security. We have all witnessed the tragedy that has been unfolding in Ukraine for three years now – deliberate attacks on civilians, mass executions, torture, sexual violence, killing and illegal deportation of Ukrainian children. These crimes cannot be dismissed as propaganda or isolated incidents. They have been... 08/04/2025 | 11:22:11 Thank you, Madam Chair. Dear colleagues, for over 30 years, Russia has interfered in Moldova's affairs. After its invasion of Ukraine, Moscow escalated hybrid attacks, aiming to overthrow Moldova's government and turn the country into a tool against Ukraine. One of Russia's main instruments has been the fugitive oligarch Ilon SHOR, who built a vast vote-buying network. It was first tested in Gagauzia's 2023 elections, and later expanded for the 2024 presidential race. To fund this operation... 27/01/2025 | 17:35:18 Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2 Thank you, Mister President. I would also like to thank the monitoring mission for the work done and the conclusions drawn. For over three years, Russia and its proxies have been stepping up their aggressive efforts to undermine Moldova. As Mrs. Kalniņa-Lukaševica already noted in her report, the Kremlin’s interference in Moldova's presidential election was unprecedented. Investigations revealed a vote-buying scheme involving 10% of voters... 17/04/2024 | 17:00:49 Dear colleagues, Persecution based on political criteria in Russia is becoming really widespread. The youngest political prisoner is 14 years old. The oldest is 88. We see that people are persecuted for putting flowers in memory of Alexei Navalny, and any speech against the war in Ukraine is severely punished. Vladimir Kara-Murza is serving 25 years in a strict regime prison for criticising Russia's war against Ukraine. This is the longest prison term ever imposed on someone who had... 25/01/2023 | 17:26:25 Thank you, Mister President. Dear Colleagues, As you probably already know, in terms of women's representation and power, Moldova can be an example. Some 40% of our members of parliament are women. Partly thanks to this, in October 2021 the Moldovan parliament ratified the Istanbul Convention, and in May 2022 it entered into force. One year after its ratification we can already speak about the first results. A number of amendments have already been made to adjust domestic legislation to the...