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"I abstained in the final vote on the EP report on EU-Russia relations.
Sinn Féin recognises and condemns Russia’s human rights abuses, including the discrimination against the LGBTI community and the imprisonment of political opponents and critics of the Putin regime as outlined in the report.
However, the main focus of the report relates to the crisis in Ukraine, which is now to the core of current EU-Russia relations. Sinn Féin has been clear on our position regarding the conflict in the region. The conflict in Ukraine has stemmed from a zero-sum geopolitical game between Russia and the West that put Ukraine in the position of choosing to ally itself with one or the other.
Russia and the EU should have been working together to create mutually beneficial and non-exclusive economic, political and social relationships with Ukraine. Instead Russian and EU strategic interests in the region have plunged Ukraine into crisis.
While the report acknowledges the corrosive part played by Russia in the region it completely ignores any responsibility of the EU for its role in the development of this conflict. It is simply an unbalanced report.
Furthermore, the report strikes the wrong note for future EU-Russia Relations. We believe that open dialogue, not confrontation, between the EU and Russia is what is needed to de-escalate tensions."@en1
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