The Diet of Latvia on Thursday recognized Russia as a state that supports terrorism. The Latvian Parliament calls on the countries of the European Union to stop issuing tourist and entry visas to citizens of Russia and Belarus, according to the institution’s website,
KYIV. UkraineGate . 11. August . 2022 | World News .
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“On Thursday, August 11, the Sejm adopted a statement on Russia’s targeted military attacks on the civilian population of Ukraine and public space, in which Russia’s violence against the civilian population is recognized as terrorism, and Russia as a state that supports terrorism. In the statement, the Sejm calls on EU countries to immediately suspend the extradition tourist and entry visas for citizens of Russia and Belarus,” the message reads.
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The Seimas statement states that since Russia’s unprovoked military attack on Ukraine on February 24, 2022, a number of human rights groups and international monitoring missions have reported atrocities committed by Russian armed forces against the civilian population of Ukraine, including torture, rape, murder and mass detention of civilians in so-called filtration camps, as well as mass deportations.
In the statement, the Seimas emphasizes that Russia uses suffering and intimidation as a tool in its attempts to demoralize the Ukrainian people and the armed forces, to paralyze the state’s ability to act with the aim of occupying Ukraine. The Sejm recognizes Russia’s violence against the civilian population, which is carried out to achieve political goals, as terrorism, and Russia as a state that supports terrorism, and calls on other like-minded countries to express this opinion.
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After the death of people in the colony in Olenivka, Donetsk region, where Ukrainian prisoners were held, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, once again called on his partners to recognize the Russian Federation as a terrorist state.
Source: Ukrgate
