Activities of Radosław SIKORSKI related to 2021/2042(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Direction of EU-Russia political relations (continuation of debate)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas, according to the Memorial Human Rights Centre, nearly 400 political prisoners are currently imprisoned in Russia; whereas the imprisonment of political prisoners violates the obligations of the Russian Federation under Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights, Article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and Article 23 of the Concluding Document of the Vienna Meeting of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe1a; _________________ 1ahttps://memohrc.org/ru/pzk-list; https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th- congress/house-resolution/958/text
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the Russian Constitutional Amendments of 2020 includes the possibility for President Putin to serve two more terms as President from 2024; whereas the vote on the Amendment violated both Russian law and the Russian Federation’s OSCE obligations; whereas the European Commission for Democracy through Law (the Venice Commission) deemed the whole procedure of the adoption of the amendments as “clearly inappropriate”1a; _________________ 1a https://www.venice.coe.int/webforms/docu ments/default.aspx?pdffile=CDL- AD(2021)005-e
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas the individuals responsible for the assassination of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov have neither been identified nor brought to justice; whereas the OSCE’s Parliamentary Assembly’s report notes that a full investigation into the assassination “would be a first step to address the climate of impunity” in Russia1a; _________________ 1a https://www.oscepa.org/en/documents/offi cers-of-the-assembly/margareta-cederfelt- sweden/3971-the-nemtsov-murder-and- rule-of-law-in-russia-report-by-osce-pa- vice-president-margareta-cederfelt-20- february-2020/file
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
Bd. whereas the Russian government has accelerated its years-long campaign to stamp out civil society and an independent press, threatening organisations such as Meduza, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, VTimes, For Human Rights, and Open Russia with onerous legislative, regulatory, and bureaucratic burdens, choking off access to all sources of funding beyond the control of the government and its allies, tarring them with epithets such as 'foreign agent' or 'undesirable' that serve to discredit these groups and the high journalistic and human rights principles they represent, without which Russia cannot be democratic, prosperous, and free;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) the EU should support the territorial integrity of Ukraine, including through the provision of military aid packages, which may consist of both financial and military assistance; the EU could coordinate the provision of military aid packages with international partners, including the United States;
Amendment 374 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) in line with the ‘democracy first’ principle, the EU should strengthen the requirement of conditionality in its relations with Russia by including in any dialogue or agreement with Russia measures aimed at protecting human rights, media freedom, and the holding of free elections; accordingly, the EU and its Member States should revise their investment support and economic cooperation projects, starting with the halting of the Nord Stream 2 project;
Amendment 429 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
(ka) the EU should demand an independent and impartial investigation into the assassination of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov and bring the perpetrators to justice, in line with the recommendations of the OSCE and the Council of Europe1a; _________________ 1a https://www.oscepa.org/en/documents/offi cers-of-the-assembly/margareta-cederfelt- sweden/3971-the-nemtsov-murder-and- rule-of-law-in-russia-report-by-osce-pa- vice-president-margareta-cederfelt-20- february-2020/file; https://pace.coe.int/en/files/27722
Amendment 446 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) the EU should confront the Russian-language propaganda of President Putin’s regime, by supporting and strengthening independent journalists and media outlets that offer an alternative to the Kremlin’s disinformation, and support the establishment of a Free Russia Television with 24/7 airtime;
Amendment 451 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)
(la) the EU should demand that Russian authorities release all political prisoners, which are designated as such by the Memorial Human Rights Centre in accordance with the criteria set out it Resolution 1900 (2012) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe1a, including Alexei Navalny, Alexei Pichugin, and Yuri Dmitriev; _________________ 1a https://memohrc.org/ru/pzk-list; https://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xref -XML2HTML-en.asp?fileid=19150⟨=en
Amendment 453 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point l b (new)
(lb) the EU must confront Russia’s rapidly deteriorating state of media freedom as well as the Russian-language propaganda of the Russian authorities; the EU must act to counter the pressure on independent media, including by establishing a European Democratic Media Fund to support independent media around the world, including in Russia; the EU must do more to support and strengthen independent journalists and media outlets that offer an alternative to the Kremlin’s disinformation, without which Russia cannot be democratic, prosperous, and free; in this regard, the EU should support independent media outlets, such as Meduza and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), in light of the onerous and impractical so-called 'foreign agent' laws enacted by the Russian authorities to suppress free speech and independent journalism;