27/01/2026 | 20:06:30 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Honourable Chair, dear colleagues, Speaking from the perspective of Ukraine – a country living through an ongoing war of aggression, I would like to address a matter of fundamental importance: elections in times of crisis. Free, fair and democratic elections are the foundation of every democratic society. They allow citizens to choose their leaders and shape their future. However, while elections are already difficult to organise in times of... 26/06/2025 | 17:33:57 Dear colleagues, Thank you very much for all your comments. I'm really inspired by this discussion and I want to focus one more time that this report is about the right of everyone to do their parliamentary work. So if a person decides to become a parent and do parliamentary work, he or she can do it. If a person with disabilities wants to continue their career, he or she has to do it because we, as parliamentarians, our national parliaments, our assemblies, have created appropriate... 26/06/2025 | 16:31:43 Thank you, thank you very much. Madam Chair, Ladies and gentlemen, honourable colleagues, It's a privilege to speak to you on a subject that touches the core of democracy and good governance, promoting inclusive participation in parliamentary life. You know, today I see very many young people on the balcony of the Assembly, and I hope that they will find today's discussion about women's rights in Europe, about women's and equal participation in parliamentary life, very useful for them... 24/06/2025 | 18:01:29 Mister President, Dear colleagues, First of all, I would like to say thank you to the rapporteurs for their work in preparing reports on such important and complex matters. Today's morning started for me with messages from my parliament colleagues, from my parliament assistant. She says she needs to go out of Kyiv to go to her hometown, Dnipro, because in the morning, a Russian missile hit the residential building where her parents live. A week ago, my former parliament colleague lost her... 30/01/2025 | 13:00:00 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Dear colleagues, today we are discussing justice and peace in the context of Russia’s war against Ukraine. The war that has been ongoing for 10 years, 3 of them is full scale invasion. It takes lives, destroys families, and threatens the future of our country and Europe. We, Ukrainians, desire the just and lasting peace the most. But for that, we need real security guarantees to be sure that Russia will not launch a new wave of aggression... 27/01/2025 | 17:35:16 Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2 Dear colleagues, Today we are discussing the situation in Georgia. Elections in Georgia are not just a political process, but an important step toward its democratic future. Ukrainians went through the Revolution of Dignity when millions of people rose to defend their rights. Georgian people have also shown their determination. Georgians have participated in protest actions: during the Rose Revolution in 2003, as well in recent years and months... 26/06/2024 | 20:10:06 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Dear Mr. Reporter, Lord KEEN, thank you for preparing such an important report. I completely share the idea: Without accountability, there can be no lasting peace. Speaking about the future of Ukraine, and about our victory over the aggressor, one of the key topics is compensation for the damages that the Russian Federation has caused to Ukraine and our people. We have high hopes for the Register of Damage for Ukraine. We consider it as a... 26/06/2024 | 16:33:04 Dear President, Dear colleagues, First of all, I would like to thank our rapporteurs for the work they have done and highlight the importance of this debate and the work of the Parliamentary Assembly in supporting Ukraine, which means supporting the ideas of rule of law and human rights. I want to thank Mr Davor Ivo STIER for his detailed overview of the progress made on the different components of a comprehensive system of accountability for the Russian Federation aggression against Ukraine... 25/06/2024 | 17:42:06 Thank you. Dear colleagues, Dear Madam Speaker, Thank you for preparing this Report. Women truly are at the forefront of all social and political processes today. Unfortunately, because of different discriminations, stereotypes, they often have to pay a high price for their civic position. Violence against women is a weapon used by Russia in its war against Ukraine. The occupation forces are particularly intolerant of those women who have the courage to defend their community and protect the... 27/04/2022 | 20:24:22 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Dear colleagues, first of all, I congratulate us on discussing this without russia's presence in the hall. We have discussed many other violations of fundamental human rights and freedoms by russia with the participation of a country that ignored all the relevant resolutions. Today that is finally no more. In early April, during the Presidential Committee's visit to Ukraine, a rhetorical question has come up: "I don't know if we could have...