Amendment No. 3 | Doc. 13405 | 29 January 2014

The functioning of democratic institutions in Ukraine

Signatories: Mr Ivan POPESCU, Ukraine, SOC ; Mr Mike HANCOCK, United Kingdom, ALDE ; Mr Davit HARUTYUNYAN, Armenia, EDG ; Mr Valeri JABLIANOV, Bulgaria, SOC ; Mr Samad SEYIDOV, Azerbaijan, EDG ; Mr Yanaki STOILOV, Bulgaria, SOC ; Mr Valeriy SUDARENKOV, Russian Federation, SOC ; Mr Volodymyr VECHERKO, Ukraine, ALDE

Origin - 2014 - First part-session

In the draft resolution, paragraph 4, replace the second sentence with the following sentence:

"The threat of economic sanctions in order to influence political decisions in another country is in contradiction to generally received diplomatic and democratic norms and is inadmissible."

Explanatory note

The amendment takes away the false allegation that in respect of Ukraine the blackmailing was exercised from the side of Russia.