The European Parliament has unequivocally condemned Russia’s sentencing of 47 Ukrainian citizens illegally sentenced by Russia and called for sanctions to be imposed on those responsible for politically motivated processes. This is the fullest list of de facto Ukrainian political prisoners that has been voiced over by international representatives and the first time that sanctions against Russian officials have been proposed for crimes against them.
The European Parliament (EP) urges the Russian regime to end repression against representatives of the Crimean Tatar people and Ukrainians in Crimea and calls for an immediate release of all political hostages illegally imprisoned by the Kremlin in the resolution 2017/2869(RSP) adopted on 5 October 2017.
