Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-02-07-Speech-4-188"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-02-07"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Human rights2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020207.10.4-188"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-02-07-Speech-4-1892
lpv:speaker	lp:Olivier Dupuis2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFCO (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; NA (2001-10-03--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Lista Emma Bonino (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mrs Schroeder mentioned the case of Mr Nitikin. The two cases involving Grigori Pasko and Igor Sutyagin are more or less identical. Although Mr Pasko was sentenced in 1999, the Kaluga regional court has only recently acknowledged that there was no legal basis for his imprisonment. He is still in prison. This illustrates the Russia of today, Russia under Mr Putin, the Russia of Mr Putin’s friend, Mr Oostlander, who had us vote on a report on Russia – which I voted against – and in which we approved substantial funding of programmes for the media and for freedom of the media, for an independent judiciary and for the protection of the environment. At almost every part-session, however, we have to remark upon the fact that, in these areas and in many others, things in Russia are not working. This is the policy of the European Union. In other words, we are funding the fight to protect the environment and, at the same time, we have to fight to have environmental protesters released from prison and so on. This is a ridiculous policy. It is obvious that Mr Prodi’s concerns do not go much further than Gazprom and gas. We all know this and I urge those who tabled texts to include a small oral amendment. I also urge the Commission to express its strongest opposition to the Russian authorities. I do not think that this is a matter for the Council alone. Moving on, it is most shameful that we are not spending enough time discussing the situation in Chechnya. Not a day or week goes by, however, when there is not an article on Chechnya in our newspapers. I urge you to read the latest article by Mrs Politovskaya in ‘Courrier International’ magazine. What is happening in Chechnya, which is still part of Russia, even though it should not be, is absolutely atrocious. Of course, there are no pictures like those taken at Guantanamo Bay; there are no pictures but the situation is obviously much worse."@en1

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