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Doc. 8311
28 January 1999
Anti-semitism in the Russian Federation
Motion for a resolution
presented by Mr Van der Maelen and others
This motion has not been discussed in the Assembly and commits only the members who have signed it |
1. Having regard to the worrying increase in violent anti-semitism which has given rise to many demonstrations inciting hatred against Jews, the most recent being on 3 and 7 November in Moscow and Samara which were led by General Albert Makashov, member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Russia;
2. Having regard to the General's calls for "death to Jews" during the electoral campaign of October 1998;
3. Having regard to the many anti-semitic articles in the press, including those of 20 October 1998 in the newspaper, ZAVTRA (Tomorrow),
The Assembly,
i. regrets the outcome of the debate of 4 November 1998 in the Duma, where a motion of censure "on the inadmissibility of actions and comments that complicate relations between nationalities in the Russian Federation" against General Makashov was not adopted;
ii. calls on the Speaker of the Duma, Mr Gennady Seleznyov to ensure the application of its existing legal instruments, punishing "incitement to racial, ethnic and religious hatred";
iii. calls on the Government and the Parliament of the Russian Federation to strengthen the legal instruments condemning racism, antisemitism and xenophobia;
iv. calls on the State Duma of the Russian Federation to reconsider the censure motion against General Makashov for inciting racial hatred;
v. urges the Russian Federation to make further efforts in strengthening the rule of law, especially in the field of human rights and the struggle against racism, xenophobia and anti-semitism.
Signed 1 :
Van der Maelen, Belgium, SOC
Baciu, Romania, SOC
Bársony, Hungary, SOC
Bartoš, Czech Republic, EDG
Bartumeu-Cassany, Andorra, SOC
Blaauw, Netherlands, LDR
Brand, United Kingdom, LDR
Bühler, Germany, EPP/CD
Calleja, Spain, SOC
Calner, Sweden, SOC
Clerfayt, Belgium, LDR
Dagys, Lithuania, SOC
Davis, United Kingdom, SOC
Dees, Netherlands, LDR
Degn, Denmark, SOC
Diaz de Mera, Spain, EPP/CD
Dokle, Albania, SOC
Dreyfus-Schmidt, France, SOC
Dumitrescu, Romania, SOC
Durrieu, France, SOC
Elo, Finland, SOC
Etherington, United Kingdom, SOC
Eversdijk, Netherlands, EPP/CD
Gjellerod, Denmark, SOC
Goovaerts, Belgium, LDR
Goulet, France, EDG
Gusenbauer, Austria, SOC
Hadjidemetriou, Cyprus, SOC
Hancock, United Kingdom, LDR
Hegyi, Hungary, SOC
Hempelmann, Germany, SOC
Henry, Belgium, SOC
Høegh, Norway, EDG
Holovaty, Ukraine, LDR
Hornikova, Czech Republic, EDG
Irmer, Germany, LDR
Iwinski, Poland, SOC
Jäger, Germany, SOC
Jurgens, Netherlands, SOC
Karlsson, Austria, SOC
Kolb, Germany, LDR
Kollwelter, Luxembourg, SOC
Leers, Netherlands, EPP/CD
Lekberg, Sweden, SOC
Lemoine, France, SOC
Loutfi, Bulgaria, LDR
Magnusson, Sweden, SOC
Markovic-Dimova, « The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia », LDR
Martínez, Spain, SOC
Matvienko, Ukraine, EDG
Micheloyiannis, Greece, SOC
Mignon, France, EDG
Näslund, Sweden, EPP/CD
Nestor, Estonia, SOC
Neumann, Germany, SOC
Neuwirth, France, EDG
Nothomb, Belgium, EPP/CD
Ouzky, Czech Republic, EDG
Pahor, Slovenia, SOC
de Puig, Spain, SOC
Robol, Italy, EPP/CD
Roudy, France, SOC
Ruffy, Switzerland, SOC
Schieder, Austria, SOC
Schloten, Germany, SOC
Schnutz, Germany, SOC
Schreiner, France, EDG
Sehnalova, Czech Republic, SOC
Shishlov, Russia, LDR
Skopal, Czech Republic, SOC
Staes, Belgium, EPP/CD
Štepová, Czech Republic, SOC
Taylor D., United Kingdom, SOC
Terpstra, Netherlands, LDR
Timmermans, Netherlands, SOC
Turini, Italy, EDG
Valk, Netherlands, SOC
Vyvadil, Czech Republic, SOC
Wodarg, Germany, SOC
Zingeris, Lithuania, EDG
Zvarych, Ukraine, EDG
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1. SOC: Socialist Group
EPP/CD: Group of the European People’s Party
EDG:European Democratic Group
LDR : Liberal, Democratic and Reformers’ Group
UEL : Group of the Unified European Left
NR : Not registered in a group