22 Amendments of Timothy Charles Ayrton TANNOCK related to 2018/2158(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
– having regard to its previous resolutions, including on Georgian occupied territories 10 years after the Russian invasion (2018/2741(RSP)), as well as on the ongoing aggression against Ukraine, the illegal occupation of Crimea, including the situation of indigenous Crimean Tartars, as well as the human rights situation in Russia,
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas a number of governmental reports show the sharp increase of Russian hostile spying activity in recent years, reaching levels not seen since the Cold War;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas new areas of tension between the EU and Russia have arisen since 2015, including: limiting energy supplies through Ukraine, Russian intervention in Syria; large-scale military exercises (Zapad 2017); russian interference aimed at influencing elections, referenda and stoking tensions in European societies; restrictions on fundamental freedoms and extensive human rights violations in Russia, including the systemic targeting of human rights defenders and civil society in Russia, discrimination against the indigenous Crimean Tatar minority in occupied Crimea, and the politically motivated persecution of Alexei Navalnykillings - with the most notable cases of Boris Nemtsov and Sergiey Magnitski - and persecution of opposition leaders, journalists and NGOs including Memorial and many others; cyber attacks and assassinations on European soil carried out by Russian intelligence agents using chemical weapons; the intimidation, arrest and imprisonment of foreign citizens in Russia in breach of international law, including Oleg Sentsov and many others; the organisation of illegal and illegitimate elections in the Donbas; flawed presidential elections lacking any real choice and with restrictions on fundamental freedoms; violations of arms control agreements and the INF Treaty;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas Russia continues to ignore judgements of the European Court of Human Rights, as well as binding awards by international court of arbitration such as the case of Naftogaz, which undermines the international trade dispute settlement mechanism.;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas Russian authorities continue to treat illegally occupied regions as an internal part of Russian territory by allowing participation of representatives of these territories into the legislative and executive bodies of the Russian Federation which is in violation of international law;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)
Recital H c (new)
Hc. whereas in the strategic documents of the Russian Federation, the EU and NATO are portrayed as Russia's primary adversaries;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes therefore that the EU- Russia relationship requires a new framework of cooperation only in those areas that are necessary and in a common interest, and with a view to guaranteeing security in the EU’s neighbourhood and a European peace order; is of the view that the PCA should be discontinued; underlines the need to take the historical context and experiences of Russia's role as an adversary of the EU and most of its Member States into account when negotiating any new future frameworks of cooperation;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Regrets that the Russian Federation as a successor of the Soviet Union still refuses to take responsibility for crimes committed during occupation of Central and Eastern European countries by refusing to cooperate in investigations into cases such as the Katyn Massacre or Augustow Roundup; calls for a full opening of the Russian historical archives from that time;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Since efforts of the international community have been too weak to prevent occupied Crimea from becoming a human rights black hole, there is an urgent need to enhance all efforts to protect people in these occupied territories and enhance pressure on the Russian Federation to withdraw from Crimea and the East of Ukraine;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Condemns Russia's use of its energy supply as a tool of exerting political pressure on its neighbours and EU Member States and underlines the need for a more reliable and strategic energy infrastructure in the EU, Member States’ and EaP countries in order to enhance resilience to Russian hybrid activity;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines, in this regard, that the deepening of EU integration and coherence between its internal and external policies and better coordination of the latter is the key to a more coherent, effective, united and successful EU external and security policy, including vis-à-vis Russiaas manifested by the solidarity and unanimity of EU Member States in dealing with Russia's aggressive policies to date;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Condemns the recurring pattern of violating the territorial waters of European countries or blocking maritime transport as is currently taking place in the Sea of Azov which is also being exercised by Russia in the Baltic Sea, in particular against the Baltic States and Poland (Vistula Lagoon);
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Is concerned about Russia's continuing destabilising activities in the EU neighbourhood, including Western Balkans, EaP countries, North Africa and the MENA region;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Is concerned with the continuous Russian support for authoritarian regimes and countries such as North Korea, Iran, Venezuela, Syria, Cuba, Nicaragua and others and its ongoing practice of blocking any international action by using its veto powers in the UN Security Council;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 d (new)
Paragraph 11 d (new)
11d. Is concerned with the ongoing process of creeping incorporation of Belarus into the Russian Federation;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines thatin this context that while Russia and the EU will remain key economic partners in the foreseeable future, but, Nord Stream 2 reinforces EU dependency on Russian gas supplies, threatens the security and stability of the EU internal market and is not in line with EU energy policyacquis communautaire, particularly in area of energy and competition law, as well as with the Energy Union's objectives, and therefore needs to be stopped;
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for the EU institutions and Member States to make greater efforts to build resilience, particularly in the energy, cyber and media fields; calls for EU-wide support for the European cyber-security industry ands well as for strategic infrastructure, such as energy infrastructure, increasing security of Member States and the Union as a whole and their resilience to Russian hybrid activity; calls for a stronger engagement in research; encourages, in this context, the promotion of European values using Russian language by East Stratcom;
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Believes that the EU should stand ready to consider adopting further sanctions, including targeted personal sanctions, in response to Russia’s continued actions and to uphold current ones until the occupation and annexation of Ukrainian territories are reversed; calls on the Council to perform an in-depth analysis of the efficiency and tightness of the sanctions regime in place;
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Is gravely concerned about the policy of full militarisation of the Kaliningrad District and development of Anti-Access / Area Denial (A2/AD) capabilities;
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Regrets the practice of reopening of the former Soviet bases and military expansion in the High North;
Amendment 335 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Condemns the increasing scope and number of Russian military drills, where Russian forces practice offensive scenarios with the use of nuclear weapons;
Amendment 347 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Reiterates that Russia has no veto right over Euro-Atlantic aspirations of European nations;