4 Amendments of Sandra KALNIETE related to 2018/2158(INI)
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas new areas of tension between the EU and Russia have arisen since 2015, including: Russian intervention in Syria; large-scale military exercises (Zapad 2017); russian interference aimed at influencing elections 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 Tatar minority in occupied Crimea, and the politically motivated persecution of Alexei Navalny 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 the Sakharov Prize laureate of 2018 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; the escalation at the Kerch Strait and the Sea of Azov;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas on 21 December 2018 the Council, having assessed the implementation of the Minsk agreements, prolonged the economic sanctions targeting specific sectors of the Russian economy until 31 July 2019;
Amendment 252 #
12. Reiterates its support for the five principles guiding the EU's policy towards Russia, and calls for further definition of the selective engagement principle; recommends that the focus be placed on issues relating to the MENA region, terrorism, non-proliferation, arms control, strategic stability in the cyber sphere and climate change; calls for a high-level dialogue between EU, EEU and AA/DCFTA countries; reiterates that while consultations between the EU and Russia on cyber terrorism and organised crime need to continue, Russia’s systematic hybrid threats require strong deterrence; calls, in this context, for the initiation of a high-level EU- EEU-China-Central Asia dialogue on Belt and Road Initiative and connectivity;
Amendment 328 #
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 aeconomic pressure and limiting access to finances and technologies, in response to Russia’s continued actions; believes that the EU should set clear criteria - based on violation of international law and human rights - for the adoption and removal of the sanctions;