PACE passes resution on praganda in Eure with Ukrainian amendments

A total of 136 delegates voted in favor and 117 stood against the resution, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

The Assembly recognizes that for authoritarian regimes such as the Russian Federation, praganda is an integral part of their war against democracy. The document points to the need for an effective and coordinated fight against malign praganda, calls on governments to devel comprehensive strategies that protect freedom of expression and freedom of information.

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The resution also emphasizes the recognition of the Russian Orthodox Church as the Kremlin’s praganda mouthpiece and calls for countries to extend personal sanctions against Russian pragandists.

Ukrainian MP eks Honcharenko td Ukrinform about the important amendments to the resution, passed after being submitted by the Ukrainian delegation.

"It was very important for us that the PACE react and note in this document how widely the Kremlin engages religious institutions in spreading its praganda, and emphasize the re of the Russian church as a powerful instrument of influence," Honcharenko said.

According to the lawmaker, it is also necessary to draw the attention of CoE member countries and partner states to the importance of expanding targeted sanctions against the Russian praganda machine in the form of Russian media outlets and affiliated individuals. This includes personal sanctions.

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"We strongly recommend introducing personal sanctions against pragandists such as Margarita Simonyan, ga Skabeeva, Vladimir Sovyov, and others, and also perceive their activities as a threat to the national security of the member states," explained the lawmaker.

As reported earlier, Ukrainian prisoners or war and captured civilians, held in Russia, will be in the focus of the PACE session this fall.