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Countering discrimination based on religion and protecting freedom of religion or belief in Europe

Amendment No. 1 | Doc. 16373 | 20 April 2026

Signatories:
Mr Oleksii GONCHARENKO, Ukraine, ECPA ; Ms Larysa BILOZIR, Ukraine, ALDE ; Ms Béatrice FRESKO-ROLFO, Monaco, ALDE ; Ms Olena KHOMENKO, Ukraine, ECPA ; Ms Iryna KONSTANKEVYCH, Ukraine, ECPA ; Ms Mariia MEZENTSEVA-FEDORENKO, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Ms Yuliia OVCHYNNYKOVA, Ukraine, ALDE ; Mr Serhii SOBOLIEV, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Ms Tamila TASHEVA, Ukraine, ALDE ; Mr Rostyslav TISTYK, Ukraine, ECPA
Origin
2026 - Second part-session
In the draft resolution, after paragraph 11, insert the following paragraph:

"The Assembly is deeply concerned that religion is increasingly being weaponised and used as a tool of propaganda and hybrid warfare. Referring to its Resolution 2540 (2024) 'Alexei Navalny’s death and the need to counter Vladimir Putin’s totalitarian regime and its war on democracy', the Assembly reiterates its recognition that the Russian Orthodox Church is being used as an instrument of Russian influence and propaganda by the Kremlin regime. It stresses that the hierarchy of the Russian Orthodox Church, led by Patriarch Kirill, functions as an ideological extension of the Kremlin regime and is complicit in war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the name of the Russian Federation and in the pursuit of the Russkiy Mir ("the Russian World") ideology."

Explanatory note

Self-explanatory