13 Amendments of Arba KOKALARI related to 2021/2042(INI)
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Russia is continuing wits aggressive behaviour on the border with Ukraine and interfering withh systemic human rights violations towards its people and aggressive behaviour in its foreign policy, including but not limited to: large-scale military exercises and military build-ups, the illegal occupation and annexation of Crimea, the violation of the territorial integrity of Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova, acts of terrorism on the territory of EU Member States, such as Czechia, and its eastern neighbours, inter alia bycyber-attacks and attacks on sensitive infrastructure in EU Member States, violations of international law, election interference, supporting to the illegitimate regime of Alexander Lukashenko in Belarus; in Belarus and violations of sea and air space against countries in the Baltic Sea region;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the situation in Russia is deteriorating dreadfully because of President Putin’s systemic repression of democratic forces such as when just two weeks after the arrest of Alexei Navalny Russian authorities detained more than 11 000 peaceful demonstratorsinside Russia, with one of many examples being the detainment of more than 11 000 peaceful demonstrators by Russian authorities, just two weeks after the arrest of Alexei Navalny, bringing the total number of Russians detained since January 2021 to more than 15 000;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas Russia has repeatedly violated international law, its international commitments and the European security order, including the principles enshrined in the UN Charter, the 1975 Helsinki Final Act and the 1990 OSCE Charter of Paris; whereas Russia's actions have hindered good neighbourly relations;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the Russian Federation has established new military bases and modernized old military bases in the North of the country; whereas Russia has upgraded its Northern Fleet to the status of a military district, scaled up different branches of its armed forces and revived the bastion defence concept aimed at protecting Russia’s strategic capabilities;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the EU should seek a long-term strategy on Russia should be, based on the assumption that the people of Russia can transform their country into a democracy; whereas such a strategy must be able to deter threats and challenges posed by Russia today;
Amendment 184 #
H. whereas the EU strategy on Russia should work in the interest of the EU and offer Russia a constructive dialogue aimed at promoting the values of human rights and democracypromote the values of human rights and democracy; whereas it is in the interest of the EU and its Member States to act unilaterally and to be firm in their expectations towards Russia;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas Russia has escalated hybrid warfare activities against EU Member States and its neighbours;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the EU, together with NATO and international partners, should deter Russia andin order to keep stability in the EaP regionEurope and beyond, including by strengthening its own defence capabilities and by pressing Russia not to interfere in the region and to return the occupied territories in the EU’s Eastern neighbourhood;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the EU must have a clear goal and plans on how to cut its dependency on Russian gas and oil, at least while President Putin is in powerin line with the EU's energy policy and interests;
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) the EU should strengthen the monitoring and analysis of hybrid warfare activities and continue its work on the containment of Russian hybrid threats withby ensuring sufficient resources, staffing and instruments able to eliminate Russian hybrid influences from the EU and its Member States;
Amendment 351 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) the EU should establish, in partnership with the US, a transatlantic alliance to defend democracy globally and propose a democracy defence toolkit, which should include joint actions on sanctions, anti- money laundering policies, rules on the conditionality of economic and financial assistance, international investigations, and support for human rights activists and defenders of democracy; the EU should also ensure that sanctions remain in place until Russia demonstrates in actual facts that it respects international law and commitments;
Amendment 412 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
Paragraph 1 – point j
(j) the EU should establish a centralisedfurther strengthen its anti-money laundering framework, including an EU authority for financial controls, to be put under Parliament’s supervision and to be entrusted withfacilitate increased cooperation between competent authorities and introduce an EU authority for financial controls, to improve the protection of the EU and its Member States from illicit financial practices and influences from Russia that are being used for subversive political purposes;
Amendment 470 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) the EU should adopt and announce a strategic vision for its future relations with a democratic Russia, which should include a broaith conditions and incentives that could be offered only if Russia fully and genuinely implements the Minsk agreement and offther with conditions and incentives such asinternational commitments and restores trust in its relations with the EU and its neighbours; such a vision may include visa liberalisation, free trade investment and modernisation programmes, and a strategic partnership; it should also convey the potential benefits that it is willing to offer in return for a democratic transformation ofcooperative and democratic Russia;