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Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine
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Amendment 3
Adam Bielan, Mariusz Kamiński, Arkadiusz Mularczyk
on behalf of the ECR Group
Joint motion for a resolution
PPE, S&D, ECR, Renew, Vert/ALE
Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine
Joint motion for a resolution
Recital H
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| H. whereas Russia has developed a growing disinformation campaign of historical revisionism for the purpose of denying Ukraine its national identity, statehood and very existence, and with the aim of justifying its claims to exclusive spheres of influence, which is reminiscent of how the Soviet Union agreed with Nazi Germany to invade and occupy parts of Poland and Romania as well as Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine in the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact; whereas today, Russia poses a particular threat to Poland and the Baltic States and their sovereignty through this type of historical revisionism; | H. whereas Russia has developed a growing disinformation campaign of historical revisionism for the purpose of denying Ukraine its national identity, statehood and very existence, and with the aim of justifying its claims to exclusive spheres of influence, which is reminiscent of how the Soviet Union agreed with Nazi Germany to invade and occupy Poland and parts of Romania as well as Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, including territories in today’s Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova which are now being subjected to a new wave of Russian imperialism; whereas today, Russia poses a particular threat to Poland and the Baltic States and their sovereignty through this type of historical revisionism; |
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Amendment 4
Adam Bielan, Mariusz Kamiński, Arkadiusz Mularczyk
on behalf of the ECR Group
Joint motion for a resolution
PPE, S&D, ECR, Renew, Vert/ALE
Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine
Joint motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
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| 4. Condemns the Russian Federation’s failure to establish accountability for Soviet crimes and its deliberate obstruction of historical research by denying access to and closing Soviet archives, as well as the fact that it has enacted legislation criminalising the truthful portrayal of Soviet and Russian crimes and persecuted civil society organisations investigating Soviet crimes, and has glorified Stalinist totalitarianism and re-created its methods; maintains that impunity and the lack of factually accurate historical and public debate and education has contributed to the current Russian regime’s ability to revive imperialist policies and instrumentalise history for its criminal purposes; condemns the persecution of civil society organisations investigating Soviet crimes or the crimes of the current regime, including the liquidation of International Memorial, the Memorial Human Rights Defence Centre, and the Moscow Helsinki Group, as well as the forced closure of the Sakharov Centre; | 4. Condemns the Russian Federation’s failure to establish accountability for Soviet crimes and its deliberate obstruction of historical research by denying access to and closing Soviet archives, as well as the fact that it has enacted legislation criminalising the truthful portrayal of Soviet and Russian crimes and persecuted civil society organisations investigating Soviet crimes, and has glorified Stalinist totalitarianism and re-created its methods; maintains that impunity and the lack of factually accurate historical and public debate and education has contributed to the current Russian regime’s ability to revive imperialist policies and instrumentalise history for its criminal purposes and that it shapes successive generations of Russians in that spirit; condemns the persecution of civil society organisations investigating Soviet crimes or the crimes of the current regime, including the liquidation of International Memorial, the Memorial Human Rights Defence Centre, and the Moscow Helsinki Group, as well as the forced closure of the Sakharov Centre; |
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Amendment 5
Adam Bielan, Mariusz Kamiński, Arkadiusz Mularczyk
on behalf of the ECR Group
Joint motion for a resolution
PPE, S&D, ECR, Renew, Vert/ALE
Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine
Joint motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
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| 9. Calls for the EU to expand its sanctions against Russian media outlets conducting disinformation and information manipulation campaigns supporting and justifying Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and calls on the Member States to swiftly and thoroughly implement these sanctions and to dedicate sufficient resources to effectively addressing this hybrid warfare; calls for the EU and the Member States to step up their support for the independent Russian media in exile in order to enable diverse voices in the Russian-language media; | 9. Calls for the EU to expand its sanctions against Russian media outlets and other institutions, including academic and cultural institutions, conducting disinformation and information manipulation campaigns, historical falsification, and the promotion of imperialistic ideology supporting and justifying Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and calls on the Member States to swiftly and thoroughly implement these sanctions and to dedicate sufficient resources to effectively addressing this hybrid warfare; calls for the EU and the Member States to step up their support for the independent Russian media in exile in order to enable diverse voices in the Russian-language media; |
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Amendment 6
Adam Bielan, Mariusz Kamiński, Arkadiusz Mularczyk
on behalf of the ECR Group
Joint motion for a resolution
PPE, S&D, ECR, Renew, Vert/ALE
Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine
Joint motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
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| 14. Believes that Russia’s attempts to misrepresent, revise and distort the history of Ukraine undermine the collective memory and identity of Europe as a whole and represent a threat to historical truth, democratic values and peace in Europe; calls on the Member States, therefore, to invest more in education on and research into the common history of Europe and European remembrance, and to support projects that promote a better understanding of the impact of the division of Europe during the Cold War; expresses its support for the building of a pan-European memorial in Brussels for the victims of the 20th century totalitarian regimes; regrets the continued use of symbols of totalitarian regimes in public spaces and calls for an EU-wide ban on the use of both Nazi and Soviet communist symbols as well as symbols of Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine; | 14. Believes that Russia’s attempts to misrepresent, revise and distort the history of Ukraine undermine the collective memory and identity of Europe as a whole and represent a threat to historical truth, democratic values and peace in Europe; calls on the Member States, therefore, to invest more in education on and research into the common history of Europe and European remembrance, and to support projects that promote a better understanding of the impact of the division of Europe during the Cold War; expresses its support for the building of a pan-European memorial in Brussels for the victims of the 20th century totalitarian regimes and reiterates its call for 25 May (the anniversary of the execution of the Auschwitz hero Witold Pilecki) to be officially established and celebrated as International Day of Heroes of the Fight against Totalitarianism; regrets the continued use of symbols of totalitarian regimes in public spaces and calls for an EU-wide ban on the use of both Nazi and Soviet communist symbols as well as symbols of Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine; |
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Amendment 7
Adam Bielan, Mariusz Kamiński, Arkadiusz Mularczyk
on behalf of the ECR Group
Joint motion for a resolution
PPE, S&D, ECR, Renew, Vert/ALE
Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine
Joint motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
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| 14a. Recalls that countries forcefully incorporated into the Soviet bloc after World War II never received proper compensation either from Germany or the Soviet Union, despite atrocious damage to their infrastructure and population caused by both totalitarian regimes; calls on the Commission to develop effective mechanisms to ensure a clear, internationally recognised legal pathway for all victims of past and future human rights abuses to make their claims and to allow them to receive reparations from the perpetrating state or its successor; |
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Amendment 8
Adam Bielan, Mariusz Kamiński, Arkadiusz Mularczyk
on behalf of the ECR Group
Joint motion for a resolution
PPE, S&D, ECR, Renew, Vert/ALE
Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine
Joint motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
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| 14b. Emphasises that painful, unresolved issues, such as the 1943-45 Volyn massacre, are also being exploited by Russia to sow division, and calls on the Ukrainian authorities to seriously address this problem, recognising the need to conduct a search for the victims, exhume their remains and ensure their proper burial; |
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Amendment 9
Adam Bielan, Mariusz Kamiński, Arkadiusz Mularczyk
on behalf of the ECR Group
Joint motion for a resolution
PPE, S&D, ECR, Renew, Vert/ALE
Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine
Joint motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
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| 15. Expresses its wish for the EU and its Member States to promote better knowledge and understanding of the human suffering of Europeans inflicted by the Soviet regime during the 20th century; in this respect, calls for remembrance and respect for the victims of Soviet crimes, such as the mass deportations, including of the Crimean Tatar people and from the Baltic countries, the Gulag system, the Holodomor, massacres such as the Katyn massacre, and the Upper Silesian tragedy; | 15. Expresses its wish for the EU and its Member States to promote better knowledge and understanding of the human suffering of Europeans inflicted by the Soviet regime during the 20th century; in this respect, calls for remembrance and respect for the victims of Soviet crimes, such as the mass deportations, including of the Crimean Tatar people and from Poland and the Baltic countries, the Gulag system, the Holodomor, massacres such as the Katyn massacre, and crimes committed after 1944 on territories occupied by the Red Army, such as the Augustów roundup and the Upper Silesian tragedy, as well as countless brutal instances of persecution of anti-communist resistance movements, including the Indomitable Soldiers and the Forest Brothers; |
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