The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has adopted a resolution stating that the Donetsk and Luhansk “People’s Republics” (“LNR,” “DNR”) two statelets in eastern Ukraine waging war...
The nerves of Ukrainians had been hardened in observations of the campaign to lift sanctions from the Russian delegation to PACE, which unraveled in 2017. But the speech of Thorbjørn Jagland, Council of Europe Secretary General, during...
As several amendments to the initial draft resolution were passed, 56 delegates representing the PACE member states favored the resolution, no member voted against, 10 abstained. The Assembly calls on all member states to use their...
Major Stanislav Karachevsky of the 10th Saky Naval Aviation Brigade was fatally shot in the back from an AK-74 assault rifle around midnight on April 6, 2014. The Crimean Garrison Military Court found Yevgeniy Zaitsev, a marine serving in...
Russia will not send its delegation to the January session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), as amendments to the rules of the Assembly have not been made to protect the rights of national delegations against...
Valentina Matviyenko, Chairperson of the Russian Federation Council, told journalists on 25 December that Russia, without any doubt, will return to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), TASS reported. “We will...
The head of Ukraine’s delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Volodymyr Ariev has informed that 20 countries from the organization signed a declaration calling to stop efforts to restore the Russian...
As reported, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted a decision aimed at lifting political sanctions against the Russian Federation. The proponents of the resolution argue that it’s unacceptable having a Council of...
The recent campaign by Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjørn Jagland to reinstate the Russian delegation at PACE by removing political sanctions imposed on it after Russia’s annexation of Crimea and covert war in eastern...
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted by a large majority a decision aimed at lifting political sanctions against the Russian Federation, results of the vote on 11 October show, Yevropeiska Pravda reported. Almost all...
Free independent media is a necessary condition for democracy to function in any country. Censorship, on the other hand, is rampant in all its forms in dictatorships. These definitions may be relevant in a black and white world; in...
