Russia has spent decades influencing local politics in other nations in an ongoing attempt to ensure the support of pro-Russian parties and undermine pro-Western groups, according to a recent article in the National Interest magazine.
MEPs worked hard in the first few months of the year to approve new laws on a raft of issues including plastics, road safety and copyright before the European elections in May.
MEPs call on the Russian authorities to immediately repeal the country’s law on ‘foreign agents’ and to bring existing legislation into line with Russia’s constitution and obligations under international law.