The European Parliament declares Russia a State promoter of terrorism

The European Parliament appoints Russia What state promoter of terrorism on the eve of the war in Ukraine Enter your tenth month. This has been approved by the European Parliament this Wednesday, in a resolution that has had 494 votes in favor, 58 against and 44 abstentions and the support of the majority groups.

In this way, the MEPs “recognize Russia as a State promoter of terrorism that uses terrorist means” and ask the member countries of the European Union to take steps at the national level and to the European institutions to create the legal framework to carry out the designation.

The resolution focuses on denouncing the more than 40,000 war crimes documents that the Russian Army would have committed, in particular, the killings of Ukrainian civilians in places like Irpin, bucha or Izium.

Since the EU legal framework does not provide for the designation of countries as sponsors of terrorism, a scheme that does exist in the United States or Canada, the resolution emphasizes that Brussels develop a mechanism to denounce countries that use terrorist meanswhich would facilitate “many significant restrictive measures and would have profound implications for the EU’s relations with those countries.”

Ukraine welcomes the initiative

The resolution has been celebrated from kyiv. Ukrainian President, Volodimir Zelenskywelcomed the decision and insisted that Russia must be isolated “at all levels” on the international scene and be held accountable for its “terrorist policy”.

For his part, the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, has thanked the European Parliament for the initiative that denounces “Russia’s history of terror” and in particular has extended his thanks to its president, Roberta Metsola, for her ” clear position”.

MEPs call for more sanctions

The initiative promoted by right-wing groups has finally had the favorable vote of the Social Democratic group, which initially opposed the language used in the joint drafting. The resolution also demands that the EU continue to impose sanctions on Russia in retaliation for his invasion of the Ukraine and advance with the 9th pack.

Specifically, ask for a “total embargo” on imports of hydrocarbons and uranium Russian and completely abandon gas pipelines North Stream 1 and 2.

The MEPs also call for tightening the siege of imports and attacking sectors such as diamonds and increase sanctions against cryptocurrenciesin addition to restrictions against the persons responsible for the referendums in the occupied Ukrainian regions, as well as including Russia and Belarus in the European anti-money laundering list.