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Propaganda and freedom of information in Europe

Amendment No. 4 | Doc. 16034 | 30 September 2024

Signatories:
Mr Oleksii GONCHARENKO, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Ms Larysa BILOZIR, Ukraine, ALDE ; Ms Sally-Ann HART, United Kingdom, EC/DA ; Ms Iryna KONSTANKEVYCH, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Ms Yevheniia KRAVCHUK, Ukraine, ALDE ; Ms Mariia MEZENTSEVA-FEDORENKO, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Mr Marcin ROMANOWSKI, Poland, EC/DA ; Mr Serhii SOBOLIEV, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Mr Rostyslav TISTYK, Ukraine, EC/DA
Origin
2024 - Fourth part-session
In the draft resolution, after paragraph 5, insert the following paragraph:

"The Assembly acknowledges that for authoritarian regimes, such as the Russian Federation, propaganda is an inalienable part of their war on democracy. The Russian State-funded RT (formerly known as “Russia Today”) and its worldwide network and the "troll factories" are part of a broader strategy to destabilise European democracies and influence the political processes. The Assembly also refers to its Resolution 2540 (2024) "Alexei Navalny’s death and the need to counter Vladimir Putin’s totalitarian regime and its war on democracy" and reiterates its call to recognise that the Russian Orthodox Church is being used as an instrument of Russian influence and propaganda by the Kremlin regime."

Explanatory note

This amendment is self-explanatory.