23/04/2026 | 16:10:24 Thank you, Madam Chair. Dear colleagues, when we are talking about finance and terrorism, we should remember that our organisation has recognised Russia as a terrorist regime. Russia is a typical terrorist state, blackmailing the whole world and using acts of terror, not only against Ukraine, against our civilians, but also against other countries. And there are numerous acts of Russian terror committed on European soil. In fact, Russia is terrorist number one. And the Kremlin dictator is a... 23/04/2026 | 12:14:26 Thank you. Dear colleagues, When we are talking about the war in the Middle East and how to bring peace to the region, we should keep several things in mind. First, there is an axis of evil which is not interested in true peace in the Middle East and seeks only to destroy the rules-based order. I mean of course, two totalitarian terrorist regimes, Russia and Iran, which have officially concluded a comprehensive strategic partnership. Both regimes support each other in committing the crime of... 23/04/2026 | 10:40:08 Dear colleagues, The creation of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine is a truly landmark moment in the history of humankind and international law. It can be compared only to the creation of the Nuremberg Tribunal, and its continuation of human attempts to form necessary conditions for just peace and global security. There cannot be peace and security without justice. There cannot be justice without accountability. Martin Luther KING JR. once said, "True peace is... 01/10/2025 | 19:14:35 Mr President, dear colleagues, In my opinion, there are several points of disagreement between Ukraine and the Russian opposition. First of all, it's not clear what are the criteria for those who will represent so-called Russian democratic forces at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. The truth is that there are no such objective criteria. I don't, for example, understand why there is no representation for captive nations in Russia. To me, the best kind of legitimacy when it... 30/09/2025 | 18:48:17 Dear colleagues, There are only two people in the world who openly claim Ukraine is not sovereign: Russian dictator Vladimir PUTIN and Hungarian authoritarian Mr Viktor ORBAN. There are only two countries in the world that violate Ukraine’s sovereign air space with drones: Russia and Hungary. And it is no coincidence. These so-called strongmen, as Vladimir PUTIN and Viktor ORBAN like to portray themselves, are allies and coordinate efforts against Ukraine. In fact, they are allies in... 27/06/2025 | 10:24:20 Now it works. Yeah. Thank you, Mister President. Dear friends, I really like this format for our discussion because it gives us a chance to talk about really important issues within the framework of the activities of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, which were not covered during the week. I would like to raise an important issue. In my previous pre-political life, I was an international legal scholar, a professor of international law. And I still pay attention to... 31/01/2025 | 12:08:59 Mister President, I should start by apologising [to] the interpreters, because there was some mix-up, some confusion, because of my fault, I thought that I would be speaking about the issue of discrimination against older persons, but it's even better because I like this format where we can freely raise very important issues. And I will take this opportunity. Mister President, This year is truly important for all of us, for many reasons. Mr Mark TWAIN famously once said that history doesn't... 28/01/2025 | 12:37:34 Thank you, Madam Chair. [It's] so great to be back. The issue of reform of the United Nations is a crucial issue, not only of the international rule-based order, but also a crucial issue of humankind's future and its survival. This issue has a very long history, sometimes disappointing and sometimes hopeless. The major problem here is the lack of political will to reform the United Nations on the part of the permanent members of the UN Security Council. Those members don't want to give up... 13/10/2023 | 10:44:31 Thank you. Dear friends, Remember the question that was asked when the Kremlin dictator had only just started his bloody and genocidal career? The question was: who is Mr Putin? Now, we all know the answer to this question. First of all, Putin is a war criminal and the International Criminal Court has already issued an arrest warrant for him. Second, Putin is a terrorist. The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, in one of its resolutions, had recognised Russia as a terrorist... 09/10/2023 | 16:46:54 Thank you, dear colleagues. The situation in Kosovo is truly disturbing and reminds me of the beginning of the Russian invasion in Ukraine in 2014. The style of involvement looks familiar, as if someone is acting according to Mr Vladimir Putin's patterns of behaviour. I don't rule out that Russia with assistance of its proxies in the Balkans is trying to provoke a new Balkan war in order to distract attention away from the Russian aggression in Ukraine. How to prevent it from happening? It is...