68 Amendments of Andrius KUBILIUS related to 2023/2125(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to United Nations General Assembly resolutions condemning the Russian Federation’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, underlying a long-lasting peace and calling for remedies and reparations for the Russian Federation’s crimes of aggression against Ukraine, and calling to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council,
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the Russian Federation under the leadership of Vladimir Putin over the last decades is brutally repressing the Russian population and is gradually increasing its crackdown on democratic forces, including domestic critics, political opposition, anti-corruption activists and anti-war protesters;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas Mr Putin in his February 2023 address to the Federal Assembly has announced that the war of aggression against Ukraine is the new raison d'être of his regime, having the objective to destroy the civil society and establish a military dictatorship in Russia;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the dictatorship in Russia, combined with the lack of an EU decision to grant Ukraine with a membership perspective, which left Ukraine in a grey zone of security outside the Euro-Atlantic community, has been one of the main causes of the Kremlin’s war of aggression against Ukraine, which began with the occupation of Crimea in 2014 and continued with Russia’s large scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the United National General Assembly has recognised that Russia has committed an international crime by starting the war of aggression against Ukraine and this crime should be investigated by a Special International Tribunal; whereas the war crimes, crimes against humanity committed by Russia are gradually being investigated by the International Criminal Court;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas Mr Putin's aggressive and revisionist policy aims to destroy democracy in Europe and worldwide by making alliances with countries such as North Korea, Syria, Iran and their proxy terrorist organisations such as Hamas or Hezbollah; whereas the European Parliament has declared Russia a state sponsor of terrorism; whereas the brutal war of aggression against Ukraine started by Mr Putin has many foreign and domestic close to the Kremlin regime enablers that are directly involved in domestic and foreign atrocities by helping to cover up the crimes perpretrated by or on behalf of the regime and thus creating the illusion of a nationwide support for the war and Mr Putin personally;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
B c. whereas the Kremlin regime has scheduled sham elections for 15 - 17 March 2024, and aims at gathering public support therefore by using a group of so- called ‘authorized representatives’ including famous actors, singers, writers, athletes, TV personalities as well as scientists, school principals, doctors, as well as other state propagandists; whereas members of this group of Kremlin’s loyalists who will be actively warmongering the Russian people should be placed under EU sanctions;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
B d. whereas the Kremlin's regime intends to use sham elections to demonstrate a mass public support for Mr Putin's militaristic policies; whereas the Kremlin administration makes little secret of the fact that it aims to achieve an unprecedented 80 percent majority in favour of Putin accompanied by a turnout rate of 80 percent;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B e (new)
Recital B e (new)
B e. whereas the European Parliament in its 2021 recommendation on the direction of EU-Russia political relations and the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly in its 2023 report have concluded that the constitutional changes implemented in June 2020 are illegal and therefore the legitimacy of Vladimir Putin as President of the Russian Federation will end with the end of his current term;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B f (new)
Recital B f (new)
B f. whereas there can be many scenarios based on which the war of aggression against Ukraine and Russia itself can develop in the long-term perspective, such as collapse of Mr Putin's regime and the opening of a window of opportunity for Russia’s transformation towards democracy, or the sudden collapse of the Russian statehood leading to modern "times of troubles", or a protracted war leading to the decline of the Russian economy, the rise of tyranny and the destruction of Russian statehood;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B g (new)
Recital B g (new)
B g. whereas the EU together with other western democracies has to be ready to invest into strengthening of defence and deterrence capabilities on the European continent while Russia is a declining dictatorial and aggressive power on the verge of its transformation;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B h (new)
Recital B h (new)
B h. whereas a decisive Ukrainian victory against the Putin regime, which assumes the complete restoration of Ukrainian over its internationally recognised borders, could open a window of opportunity for fundamental political changes in Russia, potentially led by the Russian people and resulting in the fall of the Kremlin regime; whereas this may lead to major democratic transformations in the broader region of Eastern Europe, including Belarus;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B i (new)
Recital B i (new)
B i. whereas the collapse of Mr Putin's regime will open a window of opportunity for Russia’s transformation into democracy; whereas the policy of non- engagement with the agents of Russia’s transformation into democracy may contribute to other and more dangerous development scenarios in Russia leading to modern "times of troubles", a harsher dictatorship or a permanent state of destructive stagnation;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU’s objective in this war is Ukraine’s victory, and the defeat of the Kremlin regime, which is to be accomplished with the support from a broad coalition of liberal democracies; whereas this victory is necessary not only for the sake of Ukraine, but for that of the whole democratic world;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine has been ongoing for nearly two years and whereas according to available sources, Russia’s military casualties are approaching 500 thousand, among them 70 to 300 thousand killed and nearly as twice as much injured;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
D b. whereas the military expenses of the Russian budget have grown over the last two years by 4.4 trillion roubles and reached 9 trillion roubles (EUR 90 billion), making almost one third of Russia’s budget spending, not to mention classified military and domestic repressive expenses that make additional 22 percent of the Russian budget; whereas the Russian Government has announced its plans to increase the military spending in 2024 by 70 percent;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
D c. whereas the militarisation of the Russian economy is taking place in the context of massive and systematic violation of the EU and international sanctions; whereas the circumvention of sanctions means that large quantities of sanctioned goods are entering Russia through a complex system of intermediary companies and fraudulent schemes with the involvement of European and American companies, large corporations and electronics manufacturers in South- East Asia, as well as the countries of Central Asia, Turkey and Middle East, which are being used for imports of sophisticated electronics components, microchips, optics, advanced composite materials, and even complex technical products such as engines for airplanes and helicopters, spare parts for aircraft and missiles; whereas the Russian Federation is still receiving very high revenues from its oil and gas exports by systemically circumventing energy sanctions inlcuding by using a huge ‘shadow tanker fleet’ to reorient supplies to Asia;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)
Recital D d (new)
D d. whereas these revenues allow the Kremlin to pay for its mobilisation effort and to send new recruits in the war against Ukraine with salaries reaching EUR 3000 euros per month; whereas the mobilisation in the Russian Federation is combined with a heavy propaganda and remains very uneven throughout Russia, achieving more success in rural areas among less educated clusters of the population; whereas criminal offenders, including those who have committed the most serious crimes, such as murder, rape, robbery, and grievous bodily harm, easily escape punishment in the Russian Federation if they agree to join the army; whereas by the end of 2023 the Russian Federation will have mobilised at least 400 000 new soldiers; whereas a hidden mobilisation is ongoing with more hundreds of thousands being sent to Ukraine and a similar number not showing up at the mobilisations centres; whereas millions of Russian citizens oppose participation in the Russian invasion of Ukraine and part of them have already left the Russian Federation;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D e (new)
Recital D e (new)
D e. whereas the Russian Federation attacks on Ukrainian civil infrastructure has caused thousands of deaths of innocent civilians; whereas horrific tragedies, such as the attack in October 2023 on the village of Groza, which had a population of around 330 and lost 52 people including a six-year-old child, have become a regular pattern of terror unleashed by the Russian Federation against the people of Ukraine; whereas the Kremlin regime is using the Russian people as an ammunition in its war of aggression against Ukraine and against free democratic world;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D f (new)
Recital D f (new)
D f. whereas the propaganda of aggressive a nationalist ideology is becoming an important part of the ideological brainwashing of the population in the Russian Federation; whereas this propaganda tries to foster contempt and hate for the very foundations of modern civilisation: European culture, humanitarian values, promotion of human rights, equality and freedom; whereas the use of a ‘besieged fortress’ psychology and fierce xenophobia in combination with isolation of Russia from the rest of the world lies at the centre of the new Russian political doctrine; whereas the Russian Federation willingly flirts with nationalist and extremist religious movements in different regions of Russia, especially in North Caucasus;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D g (new)
Recital D g (new)
D g. whereas Mr Putin's regime is seeking to mobilise a support by increasing hatred actions and a widespread anti-Semitic propaganda, such as in the case of the October 2023 mass disturbances in the North Caucasus against the Jewish cultural centre in Nalchik, the holding a rally in Cherkessk demanding the eviction of Jews, the riots in Khasavyurt, where an aggressive crowd chased Jews in a hotel or by orchestrating pogroms at the Makhachkala airport;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D h (new)
Recital D h (new)
D h. whereas the repression of Russian civil society and persecution of dissidents has reached unprecedented level in the Russian Federation; whereas the entire Russian criminal code, the entire activity of investigative and punitive agencies and the entire system of Russian courts were have been reoriented towards the persecution of political ‘enemies of the regime’; whereas the criminal code adopted after the large-scale invasion of Ukraine provides for severe punishment, including prison sentences for crimes such as ‘discrediting the Russian armed forces’, ‘justifying extremism and terrorism’ or ‘spreading false information about the activities of the Russian army’. Whereas this criminal code allows to prosecute thousands of people across the country who openly oppose the war against Ukraine;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D i (new)
Recital D i (new)
D i. whereas any civic activity or social initiative today is criminalised in the Russian Federation unless it is directly sponsored by the state, financed from state sources, and directly controlled by the authorities and its special services; whereas this makes impossible to lead or organise anti-war protest movements, events, or even very modest initiatives in the areas of culture, education, ecology, gender, ethnic or religious equality; whereas this leads to a regime-produced the Russian people as not opposing the war;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D j (new)
Recital D j (new)
D j. whereas the adoption by the Kremlin of laws on foreign agents and undesirable organisations is stifling human rights, freedom of expression, and association, with the regime extending restrictions to individuals and entities supporting such designations; whereas representatives of the Russian democratic opposition are systematically subjected to verbal attacks, ad hominem campaigns and dehumanisation by the Kremlin regime and its proxy media; whereas according to the Memorial Human Rights Centre, the Russian authorities are currently holding more than 600 political prisoners, and this number is increasing, as the authorities continue to unlawfully detain innocent citizens of Russia, among which journalists, civil society and human rights activists and protesters who stand for a normal European-type democratic country;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D k (new)
Recital D k (new)
D k. whereas over the past decades, the Kremlin regime and Mr Putin personally became responsible for attempted or successful assassinations of regime opponents and independent journalists, either within Russia itself or on foreign soil, including Anna Politkovskaya, Boris Nemtsov, Alexander Litvinenko, Sergei and Yulia Skripal, Sergei Protazanov, Pyotr Verzilov, Vladimir Kara-Murza, Alexei Navalny and others;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D l (new)
Recital D l (new)
D l. whereas after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian civilian society is on the verge of being destroyed by the Kremlin regime by means of systemic repressions of its members and organisations based on extremism charges; whereas this also applies to the Anti-Corruption Foundation headed by Alexei Navalny who received a prison sentence of 19 years; whereas Alexei Navalny has spent already more than 250 days in a special punitive isolation cell in particularly harsh ‘prison inside the prison’ conditions; whereas all lawyers representing Alexei Navalny in court have been arrested by the Russian authorities; whereas the Kremlin regime is pursuing the systematic persecution of lawyers who defend people under political charges;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D m (new)
Recital D m (new)
D m. whereas civil society and political opposition leaders have received severe prison sentences: Vladimir Kara-Murza – 25 years for his political activities, Ilya Yashin – 8.5 years for a peaceful political protest, Alexei Gorinov – 7 years for an anti-war speech as a deputy during a session of a municipal assembly; whereas the recent routine in the Russian Federation has been to sentence tens to hundreds of anti-war activists to 6 to 10 years in prison for protesting against the Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine; whereas imprisoned political leaders and civil society activists are subject to special cruelty, violence and unbearable conditions in the prisons of the Russian Federation;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D n (new)
Recital D n (new)
D n. whereas hundreds of Russian journalists and bloggers have been assigned the status of foreign agents and are on the lists of ‘enemies of state’ subject to systematic discrimination; whereas the main source of independent information remains social networks, primarily YouTube and Telegram; whereas the Russian Federation has created a wide-scale system to cyber block access to independent media on the internet, whereas this access is only possible in Russia via VPN services; whereas the Russian security services and law enforcement agencies are very likely to block these services before the sham elections scheduled for 15-17 March 2024; whereas global Big Tech companies have many instruments to support free media and democracy in Russia;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D o (new)
Recital D o (new)
D o. whereas hundreds of thousands of Russian citizens fled their country to avoid political persecution or military mobilisation into the Russian Federation Army and are now looking for possibilities to be established in the EU Member States or third countries which have visa-free agreements with Russia; whereas some EU Member States have introduced stricter rules for the issuing of Schengen visas to the Russian citizens on the grounds of national security;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D p (new)
Recital D p (new)
D p. whereas the Russian civil society in exile is united in their anti-war activities and is actively opposing the Putin regime, his war of aggression and is supporting Ukraine, Ukrainian refugees in the EU Member States, and Ukrainian parents in their attempts to get back their children which were deported to the Russian Federation by the Kremlin’s occupational forces;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D q (new)
Recital D q (new)
D q. whereas on 30 April 2023 the Russian democratic forces approved a joint declaration in Berlin, which condemned the Russian Federation’s war against Ukraine and demanded the Russian troops to be withdrawn from all occupied territories, called the Putin regime as illegitimate and criminal, asked for an immediate release of political prisoners and prisoners of war in Russia, demanded a return of abducted children to Ukraine, noted that Russia can be a democratic country protecting individual freedoms and rights and expressed solidarity with those Russians who despite the brutal repressions have the courage to speak up anti-Putin and anti-war positions and with those tens of millions who refuse to participate in the crimes of Mr Putin's regime;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D r (new)
Recital D r (new)
D r. whereas the NATO decision in 2008 not to invite Ukraine and Georgia combined with the lack of an ambitious EU enlargement policy during the last decades have left Ukraine in a grey zone of geopolitical security and created the temptation Mr Putin to consider Ukraine under Russia’s influence;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the EU, its partners and allies should not be afraid of collapse of Mr Putin's regime and these transformations towards democracy;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas in recent decades Putin and his Kremlin regime have been doing everything possible to convince the western democracies that democracy in Russia is not possible; whereas the strategy of liberal democracies should not be to assist Putin in his anti-Russian strategy and should maintain that the Russian nation, like other Eastern European nations (such as Ukraine or Belarus), is aspiring, and is able, to live in a democracy;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas as a historic example of perestroika in 1986 has shown, changes and transformations in Russia (the Soviet Union) can start very unexpectedly and surprisingly for the West and this should be taken into account as a lesson learned;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
G b. whereas the West must prioritise the proactive pursuit of democratic reforms in Russia immediately, because a truly democratic change in Russia should be the foundational element of a collective commitment to promoting democratic values and human rights that will also contribute to an effective end of the Kremlin’s war of aggression against Ukraine and of the Kremlin’s military campaigns in many other regions;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas democracy in Russia is the only way to ensure a sustainable peace in Europe once RussiaPutin regime is defeated in its war against Ukraine; whereas the Western democracies need to understand the historical meaning and significance of Ukraine’s victory and potential transformation of Russia for the development of a durable peace and security on the European continent;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
K a. whereas the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has created a ‘recurring contact platform’ for dialogue with representatives of Russian democratic opposition forces who share the Council of Europe's values, fully respect Ukraine’s territorial integrity and condemn Russia’s war of aggression; whereas this platform could help to develop proposals and generate ideas for the future democratic transformation of Russia in such a way that the country no longer poses a threat to its neighbours and to international law, as well as to its citizens;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Recital K b (new)
K b. whereas the European Parliament in its resolution of 6 April 2022 has called upon establishment of EU’s Special Envoy for democratic Russia;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas for thise purpose of developing a comprehensive strategy, on 5-6 June 2023 the largest political groups in the European Parliament organised the first Brussels dialogue conference with the participation of EU policymakers and Russian democratic forces; whereas the outcome of this conference was the launch of a regular Brussels dialogue between the EU and the Russian opposition; whereas the steering group for the Brussels dialogue has begun informal monthly deliberations on the current developments in Russia, the future of EU – Russia political relations, as well as the working methods of the Brussels dialogue and EU foreign policy instruments for the engagement with the Russian civil society;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
L a. whereas the Brussels dialogue conference did welcome the Declaration of Russian Democratic Forces, which was approved in Berlin on 30 April 2023;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – introductory part
Paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Emphasises that Ukraine’s victory and Russia’s defeat followed by Ukraine’s reconstruction and its Euro-Atlantic integration will open a window of opportunity for the transformation of Russia into a democracy and therefore. Stresses that, this will not be the defeat of the Russian people, but rather of Putin's regime ideology and that the success of Ukraine through its reconstruction and Euro- Atlantic integration will inspire the Russian people to demand a normal life in Russia. Therefore, the EU should strengthen the following policies:
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point a
Paragraph 2 – point a
(a) delivery of weapons to Ukraine to achieve an imminent and decisive victory against the invasion perpetrated by the Russian Federation; the EU together with the Member States should radically increase investments into military industry capacity, both in the EU and in Ukraine;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point b
Paragraph 2 – point b
(b) adoption and implementation of further sanction packages against Russia and its allies, especially on oil and gas exports to Europe, in order to cut substantially the Russian budget incomes from the energy exports and not to allow it to use the money of the Western democracies to finance the Russian war machine; reinforcing of restrictive measures and continuing targeting third countries which provide arms and military support to the Russian Federation, including technologies and dual use goods which are necessary to renew Russia’s military material; adopting the necessary EU policy measures for closing the loopholes and targeting the circumvention of EU sanctions by economic entities in the EU and the neighbouring countries; considering additional measures, such as granting access to information in national or EU registers to help tracing the final beneficiaries of assets held by the entities in question; avoiding an interpretation that the anti-money laundering legislation can be applied solely on the basis of the Russian nationality; introduction of further personal sanctions on the Kremlin regime supporters involved in political persecutions or public warmongering of the Russian people, including during the forthcoming sham 2024 March election campaign; target directly those responsible for promoting or waging the war, the architects of the Kremlin regime and close contributors to the repressions in Russia;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point c
Paragraph 2 – point c
(c) establishment of a special tribunal to hold accountable the leaders of the Kremlin regime, including Mr Putin himself, and their allies, for the crime of aggression against Ukraine which should take place in close cooperation with the International Criminal Court, which has jurisdiction for war crimes, crimes against humanity and crimes of genocide; establishment of a special tribunal for crimes against humanity perpetrated in Russia to held accountable all those responsible for the persecution of the Russian democratic opposition and its civil society;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point d
Paragraph 2 – point d
(d) adoption of a legal instrument to allow the use of immobilised Russian assets for the reconstruction ofand not only the revenues from those assets, for the reconstruction of Ukraine; the implementation of those provisions could also involve the transitional government of Russia, which can suggest other sources of compensations and reparations to Ukraine;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point e
Paragraph 2 – point e
(e) accession of Ukraine to Euro- Atlantic structures, in particular the EU and NATO, thus avoiding Ukraine being left in a grey zone of European security, and also with the goal to send a powerful signal to the Russian people and political elites that it is time for them to abandon Putin and his attempts to promote nostalgic dreams about the restoration of imperial controls over neighbours, including Ukraine, as Ukraine will be fully integrated into euro-Atlantic geopolitical structures;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the preparation for the transformation of Russia into a democracy has to be inclusive and be shaped in a regular and structured EU political dialogue with Russian civil society and democratic forces, which would involve joint preparatory bodies for annual EU- democratic Russia high-level meetings to develop a comprehensive strategy of future relations between the EU and democratic Russia and to pave the way for democracy in the EU neighbourhood;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Invites the EU institutions to establish a ‘democracy passport’ and special visa arrangements allowing democratic opposition and civil society activists to continue their work in the EU member states while in exile and without an obligation to leave a country of exile; notes this is important not only for the Russian citizens in EU member states, but also for those who have fled to neighbouring countries; invites to encourage EU Member States to continue providing asylum and humanitarian visas to the Russian democratic opposition; invites the EU institutions to simplify the procedure for obtaining a digital nomad visa for the Russian citizens having an anti-war stance; invites the EU institutions and Member States to coordinate their asylum policies for deserters from the Russian Federation military service and to agree how the right to conscience objection to military service could be enforced and how the EU could grant objectors further protection; invites the EU institutions to develop recommendations to Member States for addressing the threat of persecution for anti-war beliefs and refusal of military service in the Russian Federation army, as well as for a refusal to work in law enforcement agencies, executive authorities and enterprises in the defence industry in the Russian Federation; stresses that active members of the Russian civil society who ask for humanitarian assistance should be allowed to enter the EU member states’ territory without imposing on them measures such as the confiscation of their personal belongings;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the EU, its Member States and G7 countries not recognise Mr Putin as a legitimate president of Russia after the so-called 2024 March presidential elections in Russia; invites the EU institutions to announce in advance that EU will (a) consider Vladimir Putin as illegitimate when his current presidential term ends and (b) continue the isolation of the Russian Federation while he is in power;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Invites the European Council to adopt a message or a statement to the people of Russia describing the major features of the EU’s Russia policy and in which the EU will actively support the aspirations of the Russian people to live as a free, democratic and open society in a normal European country after the fall of Mr Putin's regime, as well as elaborating a strategy on the future relations with Russia, based on engagement with the democratic forces and civil society of Russia;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Invites the EU institutions to support the democratic opposition and civil society activists in exile in the EU counties and to assure that the EU (a) will accept their refugee applications in order for them to remain active, as the Kremlin regime and Vladimir Putin himself are posing a grave threat to human life due to ongoing repressions and the severe danger faced by individuals who express dissent against the war; (b) will adopt a comprehensive framework that provides assistance and guidance for democratic opposition and civil society activists so as to rebuild their belief in their right to live in a free and democratic society;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5 d. Invites the EU institutions to qualify systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations in the Russian Federation as amounting to crimes against humanity and to assist establishing of a platform that will help the international prosecution office to prosecute those crimes;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5 e. Invites the EU institutions to actively support independent media, journalists, human rights activists and to help working out their means of communication to have a media access to all groups of Russian population and the Western society; emphasises the necessity of using diverse, including low-tech, means to reach various segments of the Russian population across regions;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 f (new)
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5 f. Invites the EU institutions to appoint an EU special envoy for relations with the democratic opposition forces and civil society activists of Russia in exile, whose office would lead (a) analytical, (b) advisory, (c) media and (d) public awareness work; the EU special envoy in particular shall lead the implementation of the EU strategy for democratic Russia and together with democratic forces in exile shall conduct political, sociological and legal analysis of the situation in Russia, as well as prepare reports and propose programs for reforms in Russia; the EU special envoy shall analyse and make recommendations to improve the situation of the Russian citizens forced to leave the Russian Federation; the EU special envoy shall support the work of Russian independent media in exile, in particular in disseminating the information about the human rights situation and repressive practices of the Russian Federation;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 g (new)
Paragraph 5 g (new)
5 g. Encourages the EU institutions to support the creation of a free Russia university in exile and an academic network outside Russia, as well as adopt an EU strategy that would allow Russian students and professors to continue their studies and work at the European universities, in particular in field of humanities, and to obtain corresponding diplomas;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point b
Paragraph 6 – point b
(b) release of all political prisoners and imprisoned civil society activists; cessation of all political prosecutions and practices restricting civil rights for political reasons, as well as termination of politically motivated criminal cases with the possible assistance of return committees; reestablishment of passive voting rights;
Amendment 291 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point c
Paragraph 6 – point c
(c) restoration of media, religious, civil and political freedoms;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point d
Paragraph 6 – point d
(d) holding of democratic elections, in accordance with international standards;
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point e
Paragraph 6 – point e
(e) paying reparations to Ukraine and to victims of persecution in Russia, which also includes returning of the stolen Ukrainian property such as works of art, objects of culture or national treasures;
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point f
Paragraph 6 – point f
(f) launch of an accountability agenda which will include prosecution, lustration, vetting and reconciliation processes, as well as the reform of public institutions, in particular in the justice and security sectorith the involvement of the civil society platforms which will include prosecution of the ones who have committed war crimes, crimes against humanity and crimes of genocide, lustration, vetting and reconciliation processes, as well as the reform of public institutions, in particular in the justice and security sectors, in particular in the justice and security sectors, with specific emphasis on the fight against the corruption and which would also help the implementation of ECHR judgements and other international obligations;
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – introductory part
Paragraph 9 – introductory part
9. Notes that the long-term strategy to support and sustain political and socio- economic reforms in Russia has to berestored democracy in Russia will face challenges common to all young democracies, such as a rapid increase of dissatisfaction, frustration of the voters or nostalgia for the past among the larger part of the population, and such developments can substantially delay the consolidation of democracy in Russia. Therefore, invites the EU to drafted and published by the EU without delay the long-term strategy to support and sustain political and socio-economic reforms in Russia accompanied by the draft of a new generation EU agreement with a prospective democratic Russia, which should include the following:
Amendment 347 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point a
Paragraph 9 – point a
(a) political cooperation and promotion of peace and stability; respect for democratic principles, rule of law, good governance, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms;
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point d a (new)
Paragraph 9 – point d a (new)
(d a) cooperation in the areas of freedom security and justice, fight against corruption;
Amendment 358 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point e
Paragraph 9 – point e
(e) sectoral policies, such as education, employment, social policy and equal opportunities, civil society cooperation, industrial and enterprise policy, environment, energy and climate change, transport, agriculture and rural development, consumer protection, management of public finances, taxation, financial cooperation, including anti- fraud, cross-border and regional cooperation;
Amendment 364 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point g
Paragraph 9 – point g
(g) joint working bodies and institutional provisions;
Amendment 367 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point g a (new)
Paragraph 9 – point g a (new)
(g a) cooperation to stop the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction;
Amendment 376 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Instructs its President to forward this recommendation to the Council, the Commission, the VP / HR, governments and parliaments of the Member States, the Eastern Partnership countries and the G7 countries, the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, and the central and regional authorities of the Russian Federation.