26/01/2022 | 18:58:02 Madam President, Dear Colleagues, Rapporteur, Last week marked one year since the arrest and imprisonment of Russian opposition leader Mr Alexei Navalny. He was returning to Russia from life-saving medical treatment in Berlin, which followed an assassination attempt on Russian territory by a chemical nerve agent of the Novichok group. Unfortunately, this is not the first time Novichok, a military-grade nerve agent, has been used against people whom Russia perceives as adversaries. The 2018... 28/01/2020 | 19:45:07 Dear Chairman, My name is Mr Raivo TAMM, from Estonia. As Estonia was mentioned here, in the case of its media freedom, I would like to add a little comment. Estonia is implementing EU sanctions. As the director general of Rossiya Segodnya, the parent company of Sputnik Estonia, is on the list of sanctioned persons, Sputnik Estonia is being affected. Although the Russian Federation claims that Estonia is restricting the content of the local Sputnik branch and obstructing media freedom, that... 27/06/2019 | 17:40:14 Dear Madam President, dear colleagues, As my Finnish colleague has already mentioned a couple of times that he is a new member of the Assembly so am I. I also would like to stress how honoured I am to be here in the house of democracy, full of history of the past 70 years. It is really significant for me to take the floor for the very first time and especially regarding this particular matter. I would like to thank the rapporteur for his excellent report on this painful but highly relevant...