I could not agree more. President Biden needs to carry through with the US Senate in agreement regarding Russia is a state sponsor of terrorism.

This is not taken lightly, it has been more than a year since Russia invaded Ukraine. Russia has had more than ample time to present a reason for the unprovoked invasion into Ukraine to the world and the United Nations. It has not presented a case at all. The proof that Russia overwhelmingly wasn't just invading to correct a specific danger to its people is exhibited by the lack of diplomacy, the lack of instituting agreements previous to the invasion, lack of limiting weapons to the rebels in Donbas, and the overwhelming proof of mass graves of innocent civilians, including children and the elderly.

March 15, 2022

Ukraine and Russia explore neutrality plan in peace talks (click here)

July 27, 2022

Calling on the Secretary of State to designate the Russian Federation as a state sponsor of terrorism. (click here)

23-11-2022

On Wednesday, (click here) Parliament adopted a resolution on the latest developments in Russia’s brutal war of aggression against Ukraine. MEPs highlight that the deliberate attacks and atrocities committed by Russian forces and their proxies against civilians in Ukraine, the destruction of civilian infrastructure and other serious violations of international and humanitarian law amount to acts of terror and constitute war crimes. In light of this, they recognise Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism and as a state that “uses means of terrorism”.

EU legal framework needed

As the EU currently cannot officially designate states as sponsors of terrorism, Parliament calls on the EU and its member states to put in place the proper legal framework and consider adding Russia to such a list. This would trigger a number of significant restrictive measures against Moscow and have profound restrictive implications for EU relations with Russia.

In the meantime, MEPs call on the Council to include the Russian paramilitary organisation ‘the Wagner Group’, the 141st Special Motorized Regiment, also known as the “Kadyrovites”, and other Russian-funded armed groups, militias and proxies, on the EU’s terrorist list....