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Source: Government of India
Posted On: 24 JAN 2025 5:14PM by PIB Mumbai
Mumbai, 24th January, 2025
India Energy Week (IEW) 2025, spanning over 1 lakh Sq mts, will be the second-largest energy event globally, event in terms of participation, exhibition space, and sessions said Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas in Mumbai today.
Scheduled to be held from February 11-14, 2025, at Yashobhoomi, Dwarka, New Delhi, IEW 2025 promises unparalleled global participation from Ministers, CEOs, and industry leaders, setting new benchmarks in the energy sector.
While interacting with media, the Minister highlighted the Clean Cooking Ministerial to be hosted on the sidelines of IEW 2025. This event will serve as a vital platform to strengthen collaborative efforts for accelerating the global adoption of clean cooking solutions. India’s highly successful Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) will take centre stage, showcasing valuable insights and best practices as a global template for addressing energy access challenges.
IEW 2025 is set to achieve remarkable growth in scale and participation compared to previous editions. The exhibition space will expand by 65% to 28,000 square meters, while the number of conference sessions will increase to 105, and global delegates will exceed 70,000. Over 500 speakers, including key international voices, will participate, reflecting the growing global significance of the event. The conference will also host 10 country pavilions from leading nations such as the U.S., UK, Russia, Japan, Germany, and the Netherlands, alongside eight thematic zones focusing on hydrogen, renewables, biofuels, and petrochemicals.
The event will see participation from 20+ Foreign Energy Ministers or Deputy Ministers, along with Heads of International Organizations and 90 CEOs from Fortune 500 energy companies. This reflects India’s rising influence in shaping the global energy transition dialogue. Shri Puri also highlighted initiatives to engage youth and innovators, with leading IITs, startup platforms like “Avinya“ and “Vasudha,” and 500 students from Delhi/NCR participating to showcase innovation and technology-driven solutions.
A key highlight of IEW 2025 is the focus on compelling themes, including energy security, just and orderly transitions, collaboration, resilience, capacity building, and digital advancements. The event’s Clean Cooking Ministerial will further amplify India’s leadership role in ensuring access to sustainable and affordable energy solutions, reinforcing its global commitment to energy equity.
With its unparalleled scale and focus on innovation, India Energy Week 2025 is poised to position India at the forefront of global energy transitions and strengthen its role as a catalyst for change in the energy sector.
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Source: European Parliament
The first plenary session of 2025 featured a debate on the conclusions of the European Council meeting of 19 December 2024, with António Costa participating for the first time in his new capacity of President of the European Council. A debate on the programme of the Polish Council Presidency followed, with the Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk, who underlined the Presidency’s focus on prioritising EU security and defence. Parliament’s President and political group leaders adopted a statement on the ceasefire in Gaza. Members also debated the consequences for Europe of US President Donald Trump’s second mandate. Members debated the need to counter the Russian shadow fleet’s sabotage of critical undersea infrastructure; the critical political situation in Venezuela and in Georgia; and the humanitarian crisis in Sudan. They also debated 2024’s record-breaking heat and the need for climate action; EU energy independence and innovation; the failed negotiations on a United Nations plastic treaty; the need to set global standards for cryptocurrencies; EU funding transparency; and the Hungarian government’s illegal espionage of EU institutions.
Source: Office of United States Attorneys
NEWARK, N.J. – A California man was sentenced on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, to 87 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Esther Salas for his role in a $50 million internet-enabled fraud scheme, Acting U.S. Attorney Vikas Khanna announced.
Allen Giltman, 59, of Irvine, California, previously pleaded guilty in Newark federal court to a two-count Information charging him with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit securities fraud.
According to the documents filed in this case and statements made in court:
Between 2012 and October 2020, Giltman and others engaged in an internet-based financial fraud scheme, which generally involved the creation of fraudulent websites to solicit funds from investors. At times, the fraudulent websites were designed to closely resemble websites being operated by actual, well-known, and publicly reputable financial institutions; at other times, the fraudulent websites were designed to resemble legitimate-seeming financial institutions that did not exist.
Victims of the fraud scheme typically discovered the fraudulent websites via internet searches. The fraudulent websites advertised various types of investment opportunities, most prominently the purchase of certificates of deposit, or CDs. The fraudulent websites advertised higher than average rates of return on the CDs to lure potential victims.
The fraudulent websites used a variety of means to appear legitimate and to gain and maintain the trust of prospective investors, including by (a) displaying the actual names and logos of real financial institutions; (b) purporting that the institutions were members of and/or regulated by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”), the Securities Investor Protection Corporation, or New York Stock Exchange; (c) claiming that deposits made to the institutions associated with the fraudulent websites were FDIC insured; and (d) using FINRA and/or FDIC member identification numbers issued to real financial institutions and real FINRA broker-dealers.
After discovering one of the fraudulent websites, victims would contact an individual via telephone or email as directed on the sites. As alleged in the Information, this individual was Giltman. During his communications with victims of the fraud scheme, Giltman impersonated real FINRA broker-dealers by using their names and FINRA CRD numbers. Giltman would then provide the victims with applications and wiring instructions for the purchase of a CD. The funds wired by the victims would then be moved to various domestic and international bank accounts, including accounts in Russia, the Republic of Georgia, Hong Kong, and Turkey. None of the victims received a CD after wiring the funds.
To date, law enforcement has identified at least 150 fraudulent websites created as part of the scheme. At least 70 victims of the fraud scheme nationwide, including in New Jersey, collectively transmitted funds that they believed to be investments in the aggregate amount of at least approximately $50 million.
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In addition to the prison term, Judge Salas sentenced Giltman to 3 years of supervised release and ordered forfeiture of numerous assets seized from Giltman at the time of his arrest in 2020.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) previously filed a civil complaint against Giltman based on the same conduct.
Acting U.S. Attorney Khanna credited special agents of the FBI under the direction of Acting Special Agent in Charge Terence G. Reilly in Newark. He also thanked the SEC for the assistance provided by its Enforcement Division.
The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Anthony P. Torntore, Chief of the U.S. Attorney’s Cybercrime Unit in Newark.
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Defense counsel:
Nina Marino, Esq. and Jennifer Lieser, Esq, Beverly Hills, California
Translation. Region: Russian Federation –
Source: State University of Management – Official website of the State –
On June 22, 1941, Nazi German troops treacherously invaded the territory of the Soviet Union, marking the beginning of the bloodiest war in history.
The Second World War in Europe ended on May 9, 1945, when Germany signed the act of surrender. But legally, the Soviet Union stopped considering Germany an enemy only on January 25, 1955. On that day, the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR “On the termination of the state of war between the Soviet Union and Germany” was issued.
Why did it take 10 years between the end of the fighting and this decree? The document itself explains that at the Potsdam Conference in 1945, the victorious countries decided that Germany should become a united, peaceful and democratic country. It was also decided that a peace treaty should be signed with Germany.
But 10 years passed and Germany was still divided and there was no peace treaty. The Soviet government believed that this was wrong and that the German people should not be in an unequal position compared to other nations.
The decree stated that the USA, England and France were doing everything to ensure that West Germany rearmed and joined military alliances. This prevented an agreement to unite Germany on peaceful terms and sign a peace treaty.
Despite this, the Soviet leadership decided to put an end to these difficult relations and declare peace with Germany.
“Having in mind the strengthening and development of friendly relations between the Soviet Union and the German Democratic Republic, based on the recognition of the principles of sovereignty and equality, taking into account the opinion of the Government of the German Democratic Republic and taking into account the interests of the population of both East and West Germany.
The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR by this Decree declares:
The state of war between the Soviet Union and Germany is terminated and peaceful relations are established between them. All legal restrictions arising in connection with the war with respect to German citizens who were considered citizens of an enemy state are no longer in force. The declaration of the termination of the state of war with Germany does not change its international obligations and does not affect the rights and obligations of the Soviet Union arising from existing international agreements of the four powers concerning Germany as a whole.”
The document was signed by the Chairman and Secretary of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR K. Voroshilov and N. Pegov.
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US Senate News:
Source: United States Senator for North Dakota John Hoeven
01.24.25
WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven joined Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) and Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) in reintroducing the bipartisan, bicameral Foreign Adversary Risk Management (FARM) Act, to permanently add the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), the governmental body that oversees the vetting process of foreign investment and acquisition of American companies. Currently, CFIUS does not directly consider the needs of the agriculture industry when reviewing foreign investment and ownership in domestic businesses.
“Our foreign adversaries are buying up American farmland and threatening American food security,” said Senator Hoeven. “We must have stronger supervision of foreign investments that affect the American food supply, and this bill will help achieve that by adding the Agriculture Secretary to CFIUS. This is a logical step to protect our essential food infrastructure and ensure North Dakota and our country remains a leader in agriculture.”
“Over the last decade, we’ve seen a surge of American farmland purchases from our foreign adversaries,” said Senator Tuberville. “These foreign investments are now reaching every piece of the very large puzzle that makes up our agriculture industry, from farming and processing to packaging and shipping. Food security is national security, and we cannot allow our adversaries to have a foot in the door to our critical supply chains. We must prioritize oversight of foreign investment in our food supply chains, especially from Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran. This starts with giving the agriculture community a permanent seat at the table on CFIUS. As Alabama’s voice on the Senate Ag Committee, I will keep fighting to secure our ag supply chains so that our agriculture community can continue to put food on the table for American families.”
“Pennsylvania is home to about 50,000 farms and the farmers who power them already face enough challenges to stay competitive. They shouldn’t also have to compete with foreign adversaries buying up American farmland,” said Senator Fetterman. “America’s farms are critical infrastructure, and CFIUS exists to protect our critical infrastructure from foreign threats. So, adding the Secretary of Agriculture is just plain common sense. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: foreign adversaries have no business owning American farmland. This bill makes that clear and I’m proud to partner with my colleague to get it done.”
Joining Hoeven, Tuberville and Fetterman in reintroducing this legislation are Senators Roger Marshall (R-KS), Rick Scott (R-FL), Eric Schmitt (R-MO), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Katie Britt (R-AL), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Steve Daines (R-MT), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), and Tim Sheehy (R-MT).
US Senate News:
Source: United States Senator for Kansas Roger Marshall
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D., Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Rick Scott (R-FL), Eric Schmitt (R-MO), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), John Fetterman (D-PA), Katie Britt (R-AL), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Steve Daines (R-MT), John Hoeven (R-ND), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), and Tim Sheehy (R-MT) introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Foreign Adversary Risk Management (FARM) Act.
The FARM Act will permanently add the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States (CFIUS), the governmental body that oversees the vetting process of foreign investment and acquisition of American companies, a move to prevent improper foreign interference and disruption to the U.S. agriculture industry.
“Food Security is National Security, it’s high time that we start recognizing this before it is too late,” said Senator Marshall. “The Secretary of Agriculture needs a seat at the table to help the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States vet foreign agricultural investments like land. This committee currently does not directly consider the needs of the agriculture industry, the FARM Act changes that.”
“Over the last decade, we’ve seen a surge of American farmland purchases from our foreign adversaries,” said Senator Tuberville. “These foreign investments are now reaching every piece of the very large puzzle that makes up our agriculture industry, from farming and processing to packaging and shipping. Food security is national security, and we cannot allow our adversaries to have a foot in the door to our critical supply chains. We must prioritize oversight of foreign investment in our food supply chains, especially from Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran. This starts with giving the agriculture community a permanent seat at the table on CFIUS. As Alabama’s voice on the Senate Ag Committee, I will keep fighting to secure our ag supply chains so that our agriculture community can continue to put food on the table for American families.”
“Pennsylvania is home to about 50,000 farms and the farmers who power them already face enough challenges to stay competitive. They shouldn’t also have to compete with foreign adversaries buying up American farmland,” said Senator John Fetterman. “America’s farms are critical infrastructure, and CFIUS exists to protect our critical infrastructure from foreign threats. So, adding the Secretary of Agriculture is just plain common sense. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: foreign adversaries have no business owning American farmland. This bill makes that clear and I’m proud to partner with my colleague to get it done.”
Two previous AG secretaries under Democrat administrations have expressed support for making the Secretary of Agriculture a permanent member of CFIUS. U.S. Representative Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13) reintroduced the bipartisan, companion legislation in the House of Representatives.
“America’s agricultural industry is no exception to the increasing national security threats our country faces,” said Rep. Jackson. “Biden’s failed leadership allowed unchecked foreign influence, particularly from the Chinese Communist Party, to interfere with and attempt to control our food supply chain. Representing Texas’s top agricultural-producing district, I am committed to ensuring our nation’s food production remains free from foreign manipulation. This is why I am proud to reintroduce the FARM Act, putting America first and ensuring that our agricultural industry remains robust, secure, and free from foreign interference. Thank you to Senator Tuberville for leading companion legislation in the Senate, and we hope this bipartisan legislation, which is crucial to our food security, will move forward quickly to President Trump’s desk.”
Read the bill HERE.
BACKGROUND:
Over the past few years, the United States has experienced a rapid increase in foreign investment in the agricultural sector, particularly from China. Growing foreign investment in agriculture and other essential industries, like health care and energy, threaten our country’s national security. As Alabama’s voice on the Senate AG Committee, Senator Tuberville has been sounding the alarm about foreign ownership of American farmland and other elements of our food supply chain.
According to USDA data from December 2023, foreign investors own approximately 45 million acres of U.S. agricultural land. This represents an increase of over 1.5 million acres in one calendar year. Foreign ownership of U.S. agricultural land increased modestly from 2012 to 2017 at an average increase of 0.6 million acres per year. However, since 2017, this number skyrocketed to an annual average of 2.6 million acres annually. Additionally, between 2010 and 2021, entities or individuals from China increased their ownership of U.S. agricultural land more than twentyfold, from 13,720 acres to 383,935 acres. Alabama has the fourth-highest amount of foreign-owned agricultural land in the United States, with 2.2 million acres, most of which is forestland.
CFIUS is authorized to oversee and review foreign investment and ownership in domestic businesses as it relates to national security. Currently, the Committee does not directly consider the needs of the agriculture industry when reviewing foreign investment and ownership in domestic businesses.
Specifically, the FARM Act would:
add the Secretary of Agriculture as a member to CFIUS;
protect the U.S. agriculture industry from foreign control through transactions, mergers, acquisitions, or agreements; designate agricultural supply chains as critical infrastructure and critical technologies,
and require a report to Congress on current and potential foreign investments in the U.S. agricultural industry from USDA and the Government Accountability Office (GAO)
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The sitting opened at 09:01. |
Commission statement: Combating Desertification: 16th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) of the United Nations Convention (2025/3018(RSP)) Jessika Roswall (Member of the Commission) made the statement. The following spoke: Carmen Crespo Díaz, on behalf of the PPE Group, Marta Temido, on behalf of the S&D Group, Julien Leonardelli, on behalf of the PfE Group, Francesco Ventola, on behalf of the ECR Group, Martin Hojsík, on behalf of the Renew Group, Pär Holmgren, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Catarina Martins, on behalf of The Left Group, Zsuzsanna Borvendég, on behalf of the ESN Group, Christine Schneider, Sakis Arnaoutoglou, Mireia Borrás Pabón, Laurence Trochu, Billy Kelleher, Kai Tegethoff, João Oliveira, Daniel Buda, Maria Grapini, Mathilde Androuët, Marie Toussaint, Valentina Palmisano, Salvatore De Meo, Thomas Bajada, France Jamet, Vicent Marzà Ibáñez, who also answered a blue-card question from João Oliveira, Sebastian Everding, who also answered a blue-card question from Sander Smit, Gabriella Gerzsenyi, César Luena, who also answered a blue-card question from Carmen Crespo Díaz, Jutta Paulus, who also answered a blue-card question from Maria Grapini, Nikolas Farantouris, Borja Giménez Larraz, Camilla Laureti, Marco Falcone, who also answered a blue-card question from Kai Tegethoff, Leire Pajín, Manuela Ripa, Jean-Marc Germain, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Stefano Bonaccini and Ştefan Muşoiu. The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Grzegorz Braun, Hélder Sousa Silva and Seán Kelly. The following spoke: Jessika Roswall. The debate closed. (The sitting was suspended for a few moments.) |
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Commission statement: Cryptocurrencies – need for global standards (2025/2514(RSP)) Magnus Brunner (Member of the Commission) made the statement. The following spoke: Markus Ferber, on behalf of the PPE Group, Jonás Fernández, on behalf of the S&D Group, Pierre Pimpie, on behalf of the PfE Group, Marlena Maląg, on behalf of the ECR Group, Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, on behalf of the Renew Group, Rasmus Andresen, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group (the President reminded the speaker of the rules on conduct), Pasquale Tridico, on behalf of The Left Group, René Aust, on behalf of the ESN Group, Regina Doherty, Eero Heinäluoma, Aleksandar Nikolic, Guillaume Peltier, Gilles Boyer, Damian Boeselager, Catarina Martins, Stanislav Stoyanov, Kateřina Konečná, Kinga Kollár, Aurore Lalucq, Mathilde Androuët, Adrian-George Axinia, Cynthia Ní Mhurchú, Giuseppe Antoci, Marcin Sypniewski, Luis-Vicențiu Lazarus, Lídia Pereira (the President provided some clarifications on the blue-card procedure), Nikos Papandreou, who also answered a blue-card question from Diana Iovanovici Şoşoacă, Angéline Furet, Ondřej Krutílek, Michalis Hadjipantela, Adnan Dibrani, Diego Solier, Andrey Kovatchev, Waldemar Buda, Caterina Chinnici and Seán Kelly. The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Niels Geuking, Maria Grapini, Alexander Jungbluth, Grzegorz Braun, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis and Diana Iovanovici Şoşoacă. The following spoke: Magnus Brunner. The debate closed. (The sitting was suspended at 11:48.) |
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Following the creation of the standing committees on security and defence and on public health, and the creation of the special committees on the European Democracy Shield and on the housing crisis in the European Union, the President had received nominations for membership of these new standing and special committees from the political groups and the non-attached Members, in accordance with Rules 212 and 213. The decisions took effect as of that day. The lists of Members nominated to form these committees are annexed to these minutes (minutes of 23.1.2025 Annex 1). |
The Renew Group and non-attached Members had notified the President of the following decisions changing the composition of committees: – ITRE Committee: Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez to replace Barry Andrews, Elena Yoncheva – REGI Committee: Elsi Katainen – LIBE Committee: Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle – PETI Committee: Cynthia Ní Mhurchú and Eugen Tomac were no longer members, Taner Kabilov The decisions took effect as of that day. ⁂ The following spoke: Jordan Bardella, Carlo Fidanza and Patryk Jaki on points of order (the President cut off the speakers as their remarks did not constitute points of order). |
For detailed results of the votes, see also ‘Results of votes’ and ‘Results of roll-call votes’. |
Motions for resolutions RC-B10-0066/2025 (minutes of 23.1.2025, item I), B10-0063/2025, B10-0066/2025, B10-0067/2025, B10-0073/2025, B10-0082/2025, B10-0085/2025 and B10-0086/2025 (minutes of 22.1.2025, item 1) (2025/2511(RSP)) The debate had taken place on 22 January 2025 (minutes of 22.1.2025, item 16.2). (Majority of the votes cast) JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Adopted (P10_TA(2025)0004) (Motions for resolutions B10-0063/2025 and B10-0067/2025 fell.) Detailed voting results
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The sitting resumed at 15:00. |
The minutes of the previous sitting were approved. |
Major interpellation for written answer with debate (G-001002/2024) submitted by Charlie Weimers, Sebastian Tynkkynen, Kristoffer Storm, Jaak Madison, Carlo Fidanza, Adam Bielan, Alexandr Vondra, Patryk Jaki, Johan Van Overtveldt, Roberts Zīle, Emmanouil Fragkos, Georgiana Teodorescu, Geadis Geadi, Marion Maréchal, Ivaylo Valchev, Kosma Złotowski, Mariusz Kamiński, Maciej Wąsik, Dick Erixon, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński, Beatrice Timgren, Nicolas Bay, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Ondřej Krutílek, Guillaume Peltier, Michał Dworczyk, Laurence Trochu, Şerban-Dimitrie Sturdza, Tobiasz Bocheński, Gheorghe Piperea, on behalf of the ECR Group, to the Commission: EU funding of physical border protection structures such as walls, fences or other barriers at the external border (B10-0001/2025) Jaak Madison moved the major interpellation. Magnus Brunner (Member of the Commission) answered the major interpellation. The following spoke: Lena Düpont, on behalf of the PPE Group, Ana Catarina Mendes, on behalf of the S&D Group, András László, on behalf of the PfE Group, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński, on behalf of the ECR Group, Fabienne Keller, on behalf of the Renew Group, Mélissa Camara, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Christine Anderson, on behalf of the ESN Group, Fredis Beleris, Murielle Laurent, France Jamet and Riho Terras. The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Kinga Kollár, Bogdan Rzońca and Siegbert Frank Droese. The following spoke: Magnus Brunner. The debate closed. |
Written explanations of vote Explanations of vote submitted in writing under Rule 201 appear on the Members’ pages on Parliament’s website. |
In accordance with Rule 208(3), the minutes of the sitting would be put to the House for approval at the beginning of the afternoon of the sitting on Monday, 10 February 2025. With Parliament’s agreement, the texts adopted during the part-session would be forwarded to their respective addressees without delay. |
The next sitting would be held on 29 January 2025. |
The sitting closed at 15:41. |
The session of the European Parliament was adjourned.
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| LIST OF DOCUMENTS SERVING AS A BASIS FOR THE DEBATES AND DECISIONS OF PARLIAMENT |
Case of Jean-Jacques Wondo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Joint motion for a resolution tabled under Rule 150(5) and Rule 136(4): on the case of Jean-Jacques Wondo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2025/2510(RSP)) (RC-B10-0069/2025) Systematic repression of human rights in Iran, notably the cases of Pakhshan Azizi and Wrisha Moradi, and the taking of EU citizens as hostages Joint motion for a resolution tabled under Rule 150(5) and Rule 136(4): on the systematic repression of human rights in Iran, notably the cases of Pakhshan Azizi and Wrisha Moradi, and the taking of EU citizens as hostages (2025/2511(RSP)) (RC-B10-0066/2025) Case of Boualem Sansal in Algeria Joint motion for a resolution tabled under Rule 150(5) and Rule 136(4): on the case of Boualem Sansal in Algeria (2025/2512(RSP)) (RC-B10-0087/2025) Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine Motions for resolutions tabled under Rule 136(2) to wind up the debate: on Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine (2024/2988(RSP)) (B10-0074/2025) on Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine (2024/2988(RSP)) (B10-0075/2025) on Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine (2024/2988(RSP)) (B10-0076/2025) on Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine (2024/2988(RSP)) (B10-0077/2025) on Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine (2024/2988(RSP)) (B10-0079/2025) Joint motion for a resolution tabled under Rule 136(2) and (4): on Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine (2024/2988(RSP)) (RC-B10-0074/2025) Situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025 Motions for resolutions tabled under Rule 136(2) to wind up the debate: on the situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025 (2025/2519(RSP)) (B10-0064/2025) on the situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025 (2025/2519(RSP)) (B10-0068/2025) on the situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025 (2025/2519(RSP)) (B10-0071/2025) on the situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025 (2025/2519(RSP)) (B10-0080/2025) on the situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025 (2025/2519(RSP)) (B10-0083/2025) Joint motion for a resolution tabled under Rule 150(5) and Rule 136(4): on the situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025 (2025/2519(RSP)) (RC-B10-0064/2025) |
Decisions to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 55) (Following the Conference of Presidents’ decision of 15 January 2025) AFCO Committee – Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States (2025/2028(INI)) – Institutional aspects of the Report on the future of European Competitiveness (Draghi Report) (2025/2013(INI)) – Stock-taking of the European elections 2024 (2025/2012(INI)) AFET Committee – 2023 and 2024 Commission reports on Ukraine (2025/2026(INI)) – 2023 and 2024 Commission reports on Moldova (2025/2025(INI)) – 2023 and 2024 Commission reports on Georgia (2025/2024(INI)) – 2023 and 2024 Commission reports on Türkiye (2025/2023(INI)) – 2023 and 2024 Commission reports on Serbia (2025/2022(INI)) – 2023 and 2024 Commission reports on North Macedonia (2025/2021(INI)) – 2023 and 2024 Commission reports on Montenegro (2025/2020(INI)) – 2023 and 2024 Commission reports on Kosovo (2025/2019(INI)) – 2023 and 2024 Commission reports on Bosnia and Herzegovina (2025/2018(INI)) – 2023 and 2024 Commission reports on Albania (2025/2017(INI)) DEVE Committee – Financing for development – ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville (2025/2004(INI)) – Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2025 High-Level Political Forum (2025/2014(INI)) IMCO Committee – Implementation and streamlining of EU internal market rules to strengthen the single market (2025/2009(INI)) ITRE Committee – Future of the EU biotechnology and biomanufacturing sector: leveraging research, boosting innovation and enhancing competitiveness (2025/2008(INI)) – European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure (2025/2007(INI)) – Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system (2025/2006(INI)) JURI Committee – Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023 and 2024 (2025/2016(INI)) – European Union regulatory fitness and subsidiarity and proportionality – report on Better Law-Making covering 2023 and 2024 (2025/2015(INI)) PECH Committee – Fisheries management approaches for safeguarding sensitive species, tackling invasive species and benefiting local economies (2025/2011(INI)) – The role of social, economic and environmental standards in safeguarding fair competition for all aquatic food products and improving food security (2025/2010(INI)) PETI Committee – Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2023 (2025/2027(INI)) (Following the Conference of Presidents’ decision of 19 December 2024) – The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward (2024/2127(INI)) – The impact of the implementation of the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive 2014/89/EU on fisheries in selected fishing areas and sea basins (2024/2126(INI)) – Decarbonisation and modernisation of EU fisheries, and the development and deployment of fishing gear (2024/2123(INI)) AGRI Committee – The position of farmers in the agri-food value chain (2024/2122(INI)) ECON Committee – The role of simple tax rules and tax fragmentation in European competitiveness (2024/2118(INI)) – A coherent tax framework for the EU’s financial sector (2024/2117(INI)) – Facilitating the financing of investments and reforms to boost European competitiveness and creating a Capital Markets Union (Draghi Report) (2024/2116(INI)) FEMM Committee – Gender Equality Strategy 2025 (2024/2125(INI)) – Women’s entrepreneurship in rural and island areas and outermost regions (2024/2124(INI)) IMCO Committee – A new legislative framework for products that is fit for the digital and sustainable transition (2024/2119(INI)) REGI Committee – The role of cohesion policy in supporting the just transition (2024/2121(INI)) – The role of cohesion policy investment in resolving the current housing crisis (2024/2120(INI)) |
Reports with a motion for a non-legislative resolution (consent procedure) (Rule 107(5)) (Following notification by the Conference of Committee Chairs on 15 January 2025) AFET Committee – Interim report in view of the consent procedure on the Agreement establishing an association between the EU and the Principality of Andorra and the Republic of San Marino (2024/0101R(NLE) – 2024/0101(NLE)) |
Petitions Nos 1427-24 to 1518-24 had been entered in the register on 17 January 2025 and had been forwarded to the committee responsible, in accordance with Rule 232(9) and (10). The President had, on 17 January 2025, forwarded to the committee responsible, in accordance with Rule 232(15), petitions addressed to the European Parliament by natural or legal persons who were not citizens of the European Union and who did not reside, or have their registered office, in a Member State. |
The following documents had been received from Members: – Mathilde Androuët, Gerolf Annemans, Jordan Bardella, Nikola Bartůšek, Rachel Blom, Barbara Bonte, Paolo Borchia, Mireia Borrás Pabón, Irmhild Boßdorf, Jaroslav Bžoch, Klara Dostalova, Marieke Ehlers, Dick Erixon, Tomasz Froelich, Petras Gražulis, Branko Grims, Catherine Griset, Enikő Győri, Roman Haider, Fernand Kartheiser, Ondřej Knotek, Vilis Krištopans, Julien Leonardelli, Jorge Martín Frías, Milan Mazurek, Tiago Moreira de Sá, Jana Nagyová, Hans Neuhoff, Julie Rechagneux, Dominik Tarczyński, Hermann Tertsch, Isabella Tovaglieri, António Tânger Corrêa, Milan Uhrík, Tom Vandendriessche, Harald Vilimsky, Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik and Auke Zijlstra. Motion for a resolution on Dismantling Overregulation and Government Encroachment: reclaiming competitiveness and innovation in the European Union (B10-0214/2024) – Pekka Toveri and Sebastian Tynkkynen. Motion for a resolution on restricting the ability of passenger and cargo traffic to enter European Union airspace from Russia (B10-0220/2024) – Matthieu Valet. Motion for a resolution on EU policy on Syrian refugees following the overthrow of the Bashar al-Assad regime (B10-0237/2024) – Christine Anderson, Anja Arndt, René Aust, Arno Bausemer, Zsuzsanna Borvendég, Markus Buchheit, Petr Bystron, Elisabeth Dieringer, Siegbert Frank Droese, Marc Jongen, Mary Khan, Sarah Knafo, Maximilian Krah and Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová. Motion for a resolution on financial and organisational support for Member States to repatriate Syrian nationals (B10-0238/2024) |
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Present: Aaltola Mika, Abadía Jover Maravillas, Adamowicz Magdalena, Aftias Georgios, Agirregoitia Martínez Oihane, Agius Peter, Agius Saliba Alex, Allione Grégory, Al-Sahlani Abir, Anadiotis Nikolaos, Anderson Christine, Andersson Li, Andresen Rasmus, Andrews Barry, Andriukaitis Vytenis Povilas, Androuët Mathilde, Angel Marc, Annemans Gerolf, Antoci Giuseppe, Arias Echeverría Pablo, Arimont Pascal, Arłukowicz Bartosz, Arnaoutoglou Sakis, Arndt Anja, Arvanitis Konstantinos, Asens Llodrà Jaume, Assis Francisco, Attard Daniel, Aubry Manon, Auštrevičius Petras, Axinia Adrian-George, Azmani Malik, Bajada Thomas, Baljeu Jeannette, Ballarín Cereza Laura, Bardella Jordan, Barley Katarina, Barna Dan, Barrena Arza Pernando, Bartulica Stephen Nikola, Bartůšek Nikola, Bausemer Arno, Bay Nicolas, Bay Christophe, Beke Wouter, Beleris Fredis, Bellamy François-Xavier, Benea Adrian-Dragoş, Benifei Brando, Benjumea Benjumea Isabel, Beňová Monika, Berendsen Tom, Berger Stefan, Berg Sibylle, Berlato Sergio, Bernhuber Alexander, Biedroń Robert, Bielan Adam, Bischoff Gabriele, Blaha Ľuboš, Blinkevičiūtė Vilija, Blom Rachel, Bloss Michael, Bocheński Tobiasz, Boeselager Damian, Bogdan Ioan-Rareş, Bonaccini Stefano, Bonte Barbara, Borchia Paolo, Borrás Pabón Mireia, Borvendég Zsuzsanna, Borzan Biljana, Bosanac Gordan, Bosse Stine, Botenga Marc, Boyer Gilles, Boylan Lynn, Brandstätter Helmut, Brasier-Clain Marie-Luce, Braun Grzegorz, Brejza Krzysztof, Bricmont Saskia, Brnjac Nikolina, Brudziński Joachim Stanisław, Bryłka Anna, Buczek Tomasz, Buda Daniel, Buda Waldemar, Budka Borys, Bugalho Sebastião, Buła Andrzej, Burkhardt Delara, Buxadé Villalba Jorge, Bžoch Jaroslav, Camara Mélissa, Canfin Pascal, Carberry Nina, Casa David, Caspary Daniel, Cassart Benoit, Castillo Laurent, del Castillo Vera Pilar, Cavazzini Anna, Cavedagna Stefano, Ceccardi Susanna, Cepeda José, Ceulemans Estelle, Chahim Mohammed, Chaibi Leila, Chastel Olivier, Chinnici Caterina, Christensen Asger, Ciccioli Carlo, Cifrová Ostrihoňová Veronika, Ciriani Alessandro, Cisint Anna Maria, Clausen Per, Clergeau Christophe, Cormand David, Corrado Annalisa, Costanzo Vivien, Cotrim De Figueiredo João, Cowen Barry, Cremer Tobias, Crespo Díaz Carmen, Cristea Andi, Cunha Paulo, Danielsson Johan, Dauchy Marie, Dávid Dóra, David Ivan, Decaro Antonio, de la Hoz Quintano Raúl, Della Valle Danilo, Deloge Valérie, De Masi Fabio, De Meo Salvatore, Demirel Özlem, Deutsch Tamás, Devaux Valérie, Dibrani Adnan, Diepeveen Ton, Dieringer Elisabeth, Dîncu Vasile, Di Rupo Elio, Doherty Regina, Doleschal Christian, Dömötör Csaba, Do Nascimento Cabral Paulo, Donazzan Elena, Dorfmann Herbert, Dostál Ondřej, Droese Siegbert Frank, Düpont Lena, Ecke Matthias, Ehler Christian, Ehlers Marieke, Eriksson Sofie, Erixon Dick, Eroglu Engin, Everding Sebastian, Ezcurra Almansa Alma, Falcone Marco, Farantouris Nikolas, Farreng Laurence, Farský Jan, Ferber Markus, Fernández Jonás, Fidanza Carlo, Fiocchi Pietro, Firmenich Ruth, Fita Claire, Fourlas Loucas, Fourreau Emma, Fragkos Emmanouil, Freund Daniel, Frigout Anne-Sophie, Fritzon Heléne, Froelich Tomasz, Fuglsang Niels, Furet Angéline, Furore Mario, Gahler Michael, Galán Estrella, Gálvez Lina, Gambino Alberico, García Hermida-Van Der Walle Raquel, Garraud Jean-Paul, Gasiuk-Pihowicz Kamila, Geadi Geadis, Gedin Hanna, Geese Alexandra, Geier Jens, Geisel Thomas, Gemma Chiara, Georgiou Giorgos, Gerbrandy Gerben-Jan, Germain Jean-Marc, Gerzsenyi Gabriella, Geuking Niels, Gieseke Jens, Giménez Larraz Borja, Girauta Vidal Juan Carlos, Glavak Sunčana, Glück Andreas, Glucksmann Raphaël, Goerens Charles, Gomart Christophe, Gomes Isilda, Gómez López Sandra, Gonçalves Bruno, Gonçalves Sérgio, González Pons Esteban, Gori Giorgio, Gosiewska Małgorzata, Gotink Dirk, Gozi Sandro, Grapini Maria, Gražulis Petras, Grims Branko, Griset Catherine, Gronkiewicz-Waltz Hanna, Groothuis Bart, Grossmann Elisabeth, Grudler Christophe, Gualmini Elisabetta, Guarda Cristina, Guetta Bernard, Guzenina Maria, Hadjipantela Michalis, Hahn Svenja, Haider Roman, Halicki Andrzej, Hassan Rima, Häusling Martin, Hava Mircea-Gheorghe, Hazekamp Anja, Heide Hannes, Heinäluoma Eero, Henriksson Anna-Maja, Herbst Niclas, Herranz García Esther, Hetman Krzysztof, Hohlmeier Monika, Hojsík Martin, Holmgren Pär, Hölvényi György, Homs Ginel Alicia, Humberto Sérgio, Ijabs Ivars, Imart Céline, Incir Evin, Inselvini Paolo, Iovanovici Şoşoacă Diana, Jalloul Muro Hana, Jamet France, Jerković Romana, Jongen Marc, Joński Dariusz, Joron Virginie, Jouvet Pierre, Joveva Irena, Juknevičienė Rasa, Junco García Nora, Jungbluth Alexander, Kabilov Taner, Kalfon François, Kaljurand Marina, Kalniete Sandra, Kamiński Mariusz, Kanev Radan, Karlsbro Karin, Kartheiser Fernand, Karvašová Ľubica, Katainen Elsi, Kefalogiannis Emmanouil, Kelleher Billy, Keller Fabienne, Kelly Seán, Kemp Martine, Kennes Rudi, Khan Mary, Kobosko Michał, Köhler Stefan, Kohut Łukasz, Kokalari Arba, Kolář Ondřej, Kollár Kinga, Kols Rihards, Konečná Kateřina, Kopacz Ewa, Körner Moritz, Kountoura Elena, Kovatchev Andrey, Krah Maximilian, Krištopans Vilis, Kruis Sebastian, Krutílek Ondřej, Kubín Tomáš, Kuhnke Alice, Kulja András Tivadar, Kulmuni Katri, Kyllönen Merja, Kyuchyuk Ilhan, Lagodinsky Sergey, Lakos Eszter, Lalucq Aurore, Lange Bernd, Langensiepen Katrin, Laššáková Judita, László András, Laurent Murielle, Laureti Camilla, Laykova Rada, Lazarov Ilia, Lazarus Luis-Vicențiu, Le Callennec Isabelle, Leggeri Fabrice, Lenaers Jeroen, Leonardelli Julien, Lewandowski Janusz, Lexmann Miriam, Liese Peter, Lins Norbert, Loiseau Nathalie, Løkkegaard Morten, Lopatka Reinhold, López Javi, López Aguilar Juan Fernando, López-Istúriz White Antonio, Lövin Isabella, Luena César, Łukacijewska Elżbieta Katarzyna, Lupo Giuseppe, McAllister David, Madison Jaak, Magoni Lara, Maij Marit, Maląg Marlena, Manda Claudiu, Mandl Lukas, Maniatis Yannis, Mantovani Mario, Maran Pierfrancesco, Marczułajtis-Walczak Jagna, Mariani Thierry, Marino Ignazio Roberto, Martín Frías Jorge, Martins Catarina, Martusciello Fulvio, Marzà Ibáñez Vicent, Matthieu Sara, Mavrides Costas, Mayer Georg, Mazurek Milan, Mažylis Liudas, McNamara Michael, Mebarek Nora, Mehnert Alexandra, Meleti Eleonora, Mendes Ana Catarina, Mendia Idoia, Mertens Verena, Mesure Marina, Metsola Roberta, Metz Tilly, Mikser Sven, Millán Mon Francisco José, Miranda Paz Ana, Molnár Csaba, Montero Irene, Montserrat Dolors, Morace Carolina, Moreira de Sá Tiago, Moreno Sánchez Javier, Moretti Alessandra, Motreanu Dan-Ştefan, Mularczyk Arkadiusz, Müller Piotr, Mullooly Ciaran, Mureşan Siegfried, Muşoiu Ştefan, Nagyová Jana, Navarrete Rojas Fernando, Negrescu Victor, Nemec Matjaž, Nerudová Danuše, Nesci Denis, Neuhoff Hans, Neumann Hannah, Nevado del Campo Elena, Niebler Angelika, Niedermayer Luděk, Niinistö Ville, Nikolic Aleksandar, Ní Mhurchú Cynthia, Noichl Maria, Nordqvist Rasmus, Novakov Andrey, Nykiel Mirosława, Obajtek Daniel, Ódor Ľudovít, Oetjen Jan-Christoph, Ohisalo Maria, Oliveira João, Olivier Philippe, Omarjee Younous, Ondruš Branislav, Ó Ríordáin Aodhán, Ozdoba Jacek, Paet Urmas, Pajín Leire, Palmisano Valentina, Papadakis Kostas, Papandreou Nikos, Pappas Nikos, Pascual de la Parte Nicolás, Pedro Ana Miguel, Pedulla’ Gaetano, Pellerin-Carlin Thomas, Peltier Guillaume, Penkova Tsvetelina, Pennelle Gilles, Pereira Lídia, Peter-Hansen Kira Marie, Petrov Hristo, Picaro Michele, Picula Tonino, Piera Pascale, Pimpie Pierre, Piperea Gheorghe, de la Pisa Carrión Margarita, Pokorná Jermanová Jaroslava, Polato Daniele, Polfjärd Jessica, Popescu Virgil-Daniel, Pozņaks Reinis, Princi Giusi, Protas Jacek, Pürner Friedrich, Rackete Carola, Radev Emil, Radtke Dennis, Rafowicz Emma, Ratas Jüri, Rechagneux Julie, Regner Evelyn, Repasi René, Repp Sabrina, Ressler Karlo, Reuten Thijs, Riba i Giner Diana, Ricci Matteo, Riehl Nela, Ripa Manuela, Rodrigues André, Ros Sempere Marcos, Roth Neveďalová Katarína, Rougé André, Ruissen Bert-Jan, Ruotolo Sandro, Rzońca Bogdan, Saeidi Arash, Salini Massimiliano, Salis Ilaria, Salla Aura, Sánchez Amor Nacho, Sanchez Julien, Sancho Murillo Elena, Saramo Jussi, Sardone Silvia, Šarec Marjan, Sargiacomo Eric, Satouri Mounir, Saudargas Paulius, Sbai Majdouline, Sberna Antonella, Schaldemose Christel, Schaller-Baross Ernő, Schenk Oliver, Scheuring-Wielgus Joanna, Schieder Andreas, Schilling Lena, Schneider Christine, Schwab Andreas, Scuderi Benedetta, Seekatz Ralf, Sell Alexander, Serrano Sierra Rosa, Serra Sánchez Isabel, Sienkiewicz Bartłomiej, Simon Sven, Singer Christine, Sinkevičius Virginijus, Sippel Birgit, Sjöstedt Jonas, Śmiszek Krzysztof, Smith Anthony, Smit Sander, Sokol Tomislav, Solier Diego, Sommen Liesbet, Sonneborn Martin, Sorel Malika, Sousa Silva Hélder, Søvndal Villy, Squarta Marco, Staķis Mārtiņš, Stancanelli Raffaele, Stier Davor Ivo, Stöteler Sebastiaan, Stoyanov Stanislav, Strack-Zimmermann Marie-Agnes, Strada Cecilia, Streit Joachim, Strik Tineke, Strolenberg Anna, Stürgkh Anna, Sypniewski Marcin, Szczerba Michał, Szekeres Pál, Szydło Beata, Tamburrano Dario, Tânger Corrêa António, Tarquinio Marco, Târziu Claudiu-Richard, Tavares Carla, Tegethoff Kai, Temido Marta, Teodorescu Georgiana, Teodorescu Måwe Alice, Ter Laak Ingeborg, Terras Riho, Thionnet Pierre-Romain, Timgren Beatrice, Tinagli Irene, Tobback Bruno, Tobé Tomas, Tolassy Rody, Tomašič Zala, Tomc Romana, Tonin Matej, Toom Jana, Topo Raffaele, Torselli Francesco, Tosi Flavio, Toussaint Marie, Toveri Pekka, Tridico Pasquale, Trochu Laurence, Tsiodras Dimitris, Tudose Mihai, Tynkkynen Sebastian, Uhrík Milan, Ušakovs Nils, Vaidere Inese, Valchev Ivaylo, Vălean Adina, Valet Matthieu, Van Brempt Kathleen, Van Brug Anouk, van den Berg Brigitte, Vandendriessche Tom, Van Dijck Kris, Van Lanschot Reinier, Van Leeuwen Jessika, Vannacci Roberto, Van Overtveldt Johan, Van Sparrentak Kim, Varaut Alexandre, Vasconcelos Ana, Vasile-Voiculescu Vlad, Vautmans Hilde, Vedrenne Marie-Pierre, Ventola Francesco, Verheyen Sabine, Verougstraete Yvan, Veryga Aurelijus, Vieira Catarina, Vigenin Kristian, Vilimsky Harald, Vincze Loránt, Vind Marianne, Vistisen Anders, Vivaldini Mariateresa, Volgin Petar, von der Schulenburg Michael, Vondra Alexandr, Voss Axel, Vozemberg-Vrionidi Elissavet, Vrecionová Veronika, Vázquez Lázara Adrián, Waitz Thomas, Walsmann Marion, Warborn Jörgen, Warnke Jan-Peter, Wąsik Maciej, Wawrykiewicz Michał, Wcisło Marta, Wechsler Andrea, Werbrouck Séverine, Wiesner Emma, Wiezik Michal, Wilmès Sophie, Winkler Iuliu, Winzig Angelika, Wiseler-Lima Isabel, Wiśniewska Jadwiga, Wölken Tiemo, Wolters Lara, Yar Lucia, Yon-Courtin Stéphanie, Zacharia Maria, Zajączkowska-Hernik Ewa, Zalewska Anna, Žalimas Dainius, Zan Alessandro, Zarzalejos Javier, Zdechovský Tomáš, Zdrojewski Bogdan Andrzej, Zijlstra Auke, Zīle Roberts, Zingaretti Nicola, Złotowski Kosma, Zoido Álvarez Juan Ignacio, Zovko Željana, Zver Milan Excused: Sidl Günther |
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C01A SEDE [ 20/01/2025 – ] Комисия по сигурност и отбрана Comisión de Seguridad y Defensa Výbor pro bezpečnost a obranu Udvalget om Sikkerhed og Forsvar Ausschuss für Sicherheit und Verteidigung Julgeoleku- ja kaitsekomisjon Επιτροπή Ασφάλειας και Άμυνας Committee on Security and Defence Commission de la sécurité et de la défense An Coiste um Shlándáil agus Cosaint Odbor za sigurnost i obranu Commissione per la sicurezza e la difesa Drošības un aizsardzības komiteja Saugumo ir gynybos komitetas ssBiztonság- és Védelempolitikai Bizottság Kumitat għas-Sigurtà u d-Difiża Commissie veiligheid en defensie Komisja Bezpieczeństwa i Obrony Comissão da Segurança e da Defesa Comisia pentru securitate și apărare Výbor pre bezpečnosť a obranu Odbor za varnost in obrambo Turvallisuus- ja puolustuspolitiikan valiokunta Utskottet för säkerhet och försvar (43 members) PPE (11) BEKE Wouter DE MEO Salvatore GOMART Christophe HERBST Niclas MEIMARAKIS Vangelis NOVAKOV Andrey PASCUAL DE LA PARTE Nicolás SZCZERBA Michał TEODORESCU MÅWE Alice TERRAS Riho TOVERI Pekka S&D (8) CREMER Tobias DI RUPO Elio GLUCKSMANN Raphaël LÓPEZ Javi MAVRIDES Costas MENDES Ana Catarina MIKSER Sven TUDOSE Mihai PfE (5) HÖLVÉNYI György POKORNÁ JERMANOVÁ Jaroslava STÖTELER Sebastiaan THIONNET Pierre-Romain VANNACCI Roberto ECR (5) DONAZZAN Elena DWORCZYK Michał GAMBINO Alberico POZŅAKS Reinis VONDRA Alexandr Renew (5) AUŠTREVIČIUS Petras LOISEAU Nathalie ŠAREC Marjan STRACK-ZIMMERMANN Marie-Agnes YAR Lucia Verts/ALE (3) NEUMANN Hannah STAĶIS Mārtiņš VAN LANSCHOT Reinier The Left (3) BOTENGA Marc DEMIREL Özlem KYLLÖNEN Merja ESN (1) NEUHOFF Hans NI (2) PAPADAKIS Kostas VON DER SCHULENBURG Michael C08A SANT [ 20/01/2025 – ] Комисия по обществено здраве Comisión de Salud Pública Výbor pro veřejné zdraví Udvalget om Folkesundhed Ausschuss für öffentliche Gesundheit Rahvatervishoiu komisjon Επιτροπή Δημόσιας Υγείας Committee on Public Health Commission de la santé publique An Coiste um Shláinte Phoiblí Odbor za javno zdravlje Commissione per la sanità pubblica Sabiedrības veselības komiteja Visuomenės sveikatos komitetas Közegészségügyi Bizottság Kumitat għas-Saħħa Pubblika Commissie volksgezondheid Komisja Zdrowia Publicznego Comissão da Saúde Pública Comisia pentru sănătate publică Výbor pre verejné zdravie Odbor za javno zdravje Kansanterveyden valiokunta Utskottet för folkhälsa (43 members) PPE (11) ARŁUKOWICZ Bartosz CASTILLO Laurent HADJIPANTELA Michalis JARUBAS Adam KULJA András Tivadar LIESE Peter MORATTI Letizia NEVADO DEL CAMPO Elena POLFJÄRD Jessica SCHENK Oliver SOKOL Tomislav S&D (8) ANDRIUKAITIS Vytenis Povilas CLERGEAU Christophe GONZÁLEZ CASARES Nicolás JERKOVIĆ Romana MORETTI Alessandra NEGRESCU Victor PAPANDREOU Nikos WÖLKEN Tiemo PfE (5) BRASIER-CLAIN Marie-Luce DE LA PISA CARRIÓN Margarita FERENC Viktória HAUSER Gerald KNOTEK Ondřej ECR (5) BUDA Waldemar FRAGKOS Emmanouil PICARO Michele RAZZA Ruggero TROCHU Laurence Renew (5) BOSSE Stine CANFIN Pascal CHASTEL Olivier CIFROVÁ OSTRIHOŇOVÁ Veronika VASILE-VOICULESCU Vlad Verts/ALE (3) HÄUSLING Martin MARINO Ignazio Roberto METZ Tilly The Left (3) MARTINS Catarina PALMISANO Valentina TAMBURRANO Dario ESN (1) ANDERSON Christine NI (2) BEŇOVÁ Monika DOSTÁL Ondřej CS01 EUDS [ 20/01/2025 – ] Специална комисия относно европейския щит за демокрацията Comisión Especial sobre el Escudo Europeo de la Democracia Zvláštní výbor pro Evropský štít pro demokracii Det Særlige Udvalg om Det Europæiske Demokratiskjold Sonderausschuss für den Europäischen Schutzschild für die Demokratie Euroopa demokraatia kaitse erikomisjon Ειδική Επιτροπή για την Ευρωπαϊκή Ασπίδα Δημοκρατίας Special committee on the European Democracy Shield Commission spéciale sur le bouclier européen de la démocratie An Coiste Speisialta um an Sciath Eorpach don Daonlathas Posebni odbor za europski štit za zaštitu demokracije Commissione speciale sullo scudo europeo per la democrazia Īpašā komiteja attiecībā uz Eiropas demokrātijas vairogu Specialusis komitetas Europos demokratijos skydo klausimais Az európai demokráciapajzzsal foglalkozó különbizottság Kumitat Speċjali dwar it-Tarka Ewropea għad-Demokrazija Bijzondere Commissie inzake een schild voor de Europese democratie Komisja Specjalna ds. 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Source: European Parliament
The European Parliament,
– having regard to its previous resolutions on Belarus,
– having regard to the Council conclusions on Belarus of 12 October 2020 and 19 February 2024 and to the European Council conclusions on Belarus of 21 and 22 October 2021,
– having regard to the statements by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of 1 August 2024 on the release of a number of political prisoners, and of 26 February 2024 on the parliamentary and local elections, and to the statement by the High Representative on behalf of the EU of 8 August 2023 on the third anniversary of the fraudulent presidential elections,
– having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the UN Charter, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and other international human rights instruments to which Belarus is a party,
– having regard to the report of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) of 25 March 2024 on the situation of human rights in Belarus in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election and in its aftermath,
– having regard to the resolution of the General Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) of 12 June 2023 concerning the measures recommended by the Governing Body under article 33 of the ILO Constitution on the subject of Belarus,
– having regard to Rule 136(2) and (4) of its Rules of Procedure,
A. whereas the 30-year authoritarian rule of Aliaksandr Lukashenka in Belarus has been characterised by systematic repression of political opponents and dissent, including the enforced disappearance of Lukashenka’s critics; whereas since the fraudulent presidential election of August 2020, the illegitimate Lukashenka regime, with Russian support, has systematically repressed political activists, civil society, human rights defenders, lawyers, journalists, artists, religious leaders, trade unionists and other groups in Belarus and abroad, arbitrarily detaining tens of thousands of people;
B. whereas following the fraudulent 2020 presidential election and the subsequent brutal crackdown, the EU and many of its democratic partners did not recognise the results of the elections or Aliaksandr Lukashenka as legitimate leader and President of Belarus;
C. whereas according to the Human Rights Centre ‘Viasna’, over 1 250 political prisoners remain detained in Belarus in conditions that put their lives at risk, and many of these prisoners are in fragile health; whereas several political prisoners have died in custody, four of them in 2024 alone; whereas political prisoners face torture, denial of medical care, restricted access to visits from lawyers and family members, and solitary confinement; whereas since the summer of 2020, 3 697 people have been recognised as political prisoners; whereas in 2024 alone, over 8 800 cases of politically motivated persecution were documented, including arrests, detentions, dismissals and other forms of repression targeting political prisoners, their families and lawyers, activists, journalists, priests, doctors, returning Belarusians and others;
D. whereas multiple international organisations, including the OHCHR, have documented systematic human rights violations in Belarus, including torture, arbitrary detentions, imprisonment or other forms of severe deprivation of physical liberty, enforced disappearances, persecution on political grounds and suppression of freedoms, which amount to crimes against humanity under international law; whereas in September 2024, Lithuania referred the situation in Belarus to the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate certain crimes against humanity committed by the Lukashenka regime;
E. whereas the illegitimate Belarusian regime plans to hold sham presidential elections on 26 January 2025, with Lukashenka seeking a seventh term; whereas Belarus’ Central Election Commission has registered Lukashenka and four other pro forma ‘candidates’; whereas the current presidential election campaign is being conducted in an environment of severe repression which fails to meet even the minimum standards for democratic elections; whereas democratic candidates are barred from participating, media freedom is heavily restricted, voters face intimidation, and the absence of independent election observation further undermines the legitimacy of the electoral process;
F. whereas both the parliamentary and local elections held on 25 February 2024 and the upcoming sham presidential election scheduled for 26 January 2025 exemplify the regime’s disregard for democratic norms as elections in Belarus are tightly controlled, with all candidates pre-approved by authorities, democratic parties eliminated and voters offered no real choice; whereas the election campaign has been marked by the detention of individuals involved in the 2020 presidential campaigns of other candidates and a clear readiness to harshly suppress dissent;
G. whereas according to the Human Rights Centre ‘Viasna’, at least 360 people were detained between July and September 2024, and many democratic leaders, including Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Ales Bialiatski, Maria Kalesnikava, Viktar Babaryka, Pavel Seviarynets, Siarhei Tsikhanouski, Mikalai Statkevich and others remain imprisoned; whereas at least eight political prisoners are currently detained incommunicado;
H. whereas the Lukashenka regime has stepped up pressure on the staff of Western diplomatic missions accredited in Belarus as well as other foreigners; whereas Mikalai Khila, a local member of staff of the EU delegation to Belarus, was apprehended by the Belarusian KGB in front of the EU delegation office, held in pre-trial detention from April 2024 and sentenced, in December 2024, to four years of imprisonment; whereas he has been listed as a political prisoner by the Human Rights Centre ‘Viasna’; whereas two Japanese citizens were recently detained on trumped-up charges of ‘agent activities’;
I. whereas Lukashenka pardoned over 200 political prisoners in 2024 in an attempt to lift some Western sanctions; whereas political arrests continue despite these pardons, with at least 1 721 individuals convicted on political charges in 2024 alone;
J. whereas the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus has long been embedded in the Lukashenka regime’s government structure and is thought to play a significant role in organising the falsification of election results;
K. whereas the Belarusian regime employs anti-extremism laws to obstruct media outlets, whereby most independent media have been labelled as ‘extremist’, with at least 45 media representatives detained, around 400 in exile and others facing harassment and mistreatment; whereas independent media, such as Belsat TV, Charter 97, Nexta, Radio Racyja, Radio Svaboda, Nasha Niva and others, play a crucial role in providing essential information and serving as a platform for democratic voices; whereas the Belarusian authorities employ surveillance, online censorship and disinformation, escalating digital authoritarianism and undermining the prospects for free and fair elections in 2025; whereas Belarusian propagandists regularly spread disinformation about EU Member States and their officials and suppress access to information;
L. whereas more than 500 000 Belarusians have been forced to flee the country since 2020, with some continuing to face persecution from the Lukashenka regime, including through trials in absentia, threats from the security forces and pressure on relatives, confiscation of property and other restrictions;
M. whereas under Lukashenka, more than 250 people sentenced to death have been executed; whereas Belarus remains the only country in Europe and Central Asia to retain the death penalty, with its scope expanded in 2022 to include vaguely defined acts of terrorism and in 2023 to include ‘treason against the state’;
N. whereas repressive measures in Belarus have increasingly targeted religious freedom, with the recent adoption of the law on freedom of conscience and religious organisations posing a serious threat to the rights and existence of religious communities; whereas this crackdown has also targeted religious leaders, as seen in the recent sentencing of Catholic priest Reverend Henrykh Akalatovich to 11 years in prison on fabricated high treason charges, the first such case against Catholic clergy in Belarus;
O. whereas the Lukashenka regime has proven to be instrumental to Putin by providing Russian forces with access to Belarusian territory from which to mount the full-scale invasion of Ukraine; whereas the Lukashenka regime commits crimes against Ukrainian children, including hosting re-education camps for political indoctrination and militarisation; whereas it assists attempts by Russia and others to destabilise the EU and undermine European aspirations among the EU’s neighbours, notably by weaponising migration at the EU’s borders and legitimising Bidzina Ivanishvili’s autocratic regime in Georgia;
P. whereas the EU has imposed targeted sanctions on Belarus in response to the fraudulent 2020 elections, systematic human rights violations, and Belarus’s complicity in Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, including trade restrictions and sanctions on 287 individuals, among them Lukashenka, and 39 entities;
Q. whereas the Lukashenka regime, with Russian assistance, circumvents some of these sanctions through preferential market access and the use of Russian infrastructure; whereas reports indicate that BelAZ, a sanctioned Belarusian producer of trucks, circumvents sanctions by disassembling trucks in Belarus and shipping the parts to the EU for reassembly under different brand names;
1. Reiterates its non-recognition of the election of Aliaksandr Lukashenka to the post of President of Belarus; considers the current regime in Belarus to be illegitimate, illegal and criminal; reaffirms its unwavering support for the Belarusian people in their pursuit of democracy, freedom and human rights;
2. Denounces the lack of freedom, fairness and transparency ahead of the so called presidential elections in Belarus and calls for the EU, its Member States and the international community to categorically reject the upcoming elections in Belarus and the run-up campaign as a sham, as they do not meet minimum international standards for democratic elections; calls for the EU, its Member States and the international community to continue not to recognise the legitimacy of Aliaksandr Lukashenka as president after 26 January 2025, and calls for free and fair elections to be held in Belarus;
3. Deplores the ongoing grave violations of human rights and democratic principles in Belarus, which have further intensified in the run-up to the so-called presidential elections; condemns the systematic repression in Belarus, which includes arbitrary arrests, torture, harassment, ill-treatment of detainees, persistent impunity and a structural lack of respect for due process and fair trials; reiterates its demand for the immediate and unconditional release of all individuals detained in Belarus for their political views, alongside compensation and the restoration of their rights; demands an end to the repression of political opponents and the Belarusian public;
4. Reiterates its calls on the Belarusian authorities to respect detainees’ rights, provide medical care and grant access to lawyers, families, and international organisations;
5. Expresses grave concern about the situation of political prisoners, including Maria Kalesnikava, Siarhei Tsikhanouski, Ales Bialiatski, Mikalai Statkevich, Mikalai Khila, Valiantsin Stefanovich, Maksim Znak, Viktar Babaryka, Ihar Losik, Andrzej Poczobut, Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk, Uladzimir Matskevich, Marfa Rabkova, Uladzimir Labkovich, Aliaksandr Yarashuk, Volha Brytsikava, Aliaksandr Kapshul, Yana Pinchuk, Mikalai Bankou, Andrei Navitski, Henrykh Akalatovich, Uladzimir Kniha Dmitry Kuchuk, Pavel Seviarynets and others, many of whom are facing severe health issues without access to proper medical care, and are enduring isolation, ill treatment and torture;
6. Considers the arrest and sentencing on politically motivated charges of Mikalai Khila, a local staff member of the EU Delegation in Minsk, a breach of diplomatic practices towards the EU; calls for the EU and its Member States to swiftly develop a credible response;
7. Commends the resilience of Belarusian civil society and democratic forces; reiterates its solidarity with the people of Belarus and its support for their legitimate aspirations for a democratic and European future; expresses solidarity with Belarusian democratic forces and civil society organisations in their efforts to establish a sovereign, democratic and prosperous Belarus; remains committed to working with democratic forces, civil society and independent media to the benefit of the people of Belarus;
8. Calls for the EU and its Member States to continue to investigate human rights abuses in Belarus and to support accountability measures, including through universal jurisdiction; calls for the EU and its Member States to investigate, on the basis of universal jurisdiction, the crimes against humanity committed by the Lukashenka regime in Belarus and on EU territory and, following Lithuania’s example, to refer the situation in Belarus to the International Criminal Court for investigation to the extent possible, and to consider the establishment of an international tribunal to prosecute the crimes of the Lukashenka regime; calls on the Member States to allow Belarusian lawyers expelled by the regime to practise on EU territory in order to provide legal assistance to persecuted Belarusians;
9. Highlights the invaluable work carried out by human rights defenders and civil society representatives in Belarus in monitoring, documenting and reporting the grave human rights violations and crimes against humanity that are taking place in the country, in order to ensure subsequent accountability and justice for the victims;
10. Reiterates its call for the EU and its Member States to support political prisoners and their families, including by demanding proof of political prisoners’ whereabouts, requesting their release, simplifying the procedures for those fleeing Belarus to obtain visas and identity documents, and providing rehabilitation and other types of support; calls on the EU Delegation and the Member State embassies in Belarus to continue observing and monitoring the trials of all political prisoners;
11. Stresses the importance of protecting exiled Belarusians from persecution by the Lukashenka regime, and of granting them opportunities to legally stay and work in the EU; calls for the EU and its Member States to raise the issue of abuse of international arrest warrants within Interpol and calls on the countries concerned not to extradite Belarusian citizens who have fled the regime and will face persecution upon their return to Belarus;
12. Deplores the fact that repressive measures in Belarus have expanded to include attacks on religious freedom, through the adoption of the law on freedom of conscience and religious organisations, which grossly violates the fundamental right to freedom of religion, conscience and belief; urges the Lukashenka regime to immediately halt the persecution of religious communities and churches;
13. Calls for the continuation of EU support for Belarusian democratic forces, led by Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya; reiterates the need to support Belarusian democratic forces, civil society, students, journalists, leaders of trade unions, exiled professionals and others by providing them with visas, scholarships, grants and networking opportunities; encourages the representatives of the democratic forces of Belarus to maintain and promote unity;
14. Denounces the Lukashenka regime’s complicity in Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and condemns its deliberate subordination of Belarus to Russia in a so-called union state encompassing political, geopolitical, economic, military and cultural spheres; reiterates the need to contribute to strengthening Belarusian national identity and the Belarusian language, and to combat the distortion and manipulation of Belarusian history by the Lukashenka regime as well as by the Kremlin and its proxies;
15. Urges the EU and its international partners to broaden and strengthen sanctions against individuals and entities responsible for the repression in Belarus and for Belarus’s participation in Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, while closing sanctions loopholes and addressing the main sources of income financing the regime, such as exports of potash and other fertilisers; calls for the EU to sanction Belarusian entities and individuals responsible for the forced labour of political prisoners, as well as the goods produced using such forced labour;
16. Urges the EU and international partners to immediately identify, freeze, and find legal pathways for seizing assets of the Belarusian leadership and related Belarusian entities involved in the Russian war effort, as well as assets of entities and individuals leading Lukashenka’s so-called election campaign, including the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus, such as Yury Sianko, Hanna Varfalameyeva and Valery Kursevich; calls on EU and Western companies to cease their activities in Belarus;
17. Calls for the EU and its Member States to continue raising the situation in Belarus in all relevant international organisations, in particular the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the UN and its specialised bodies and the ILO, with the aim of enhancing international scrutiny of the human rights violations and international action on the situation in Belarus; calls on the Member States to ensure continued documentation and accountability for international crimes committed by the Lukashenka regime, strengthen the OHCHR’s examination of the human rights situation in Belarus by providing full support to the UN Group of Independent Experts on the Human Rights Situation in Belarus and by preserving the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus to monitor ongoing human rights violations;
18. Denounces the illegal transfer of several thousand children, including orphans, from Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine to so-called recreational camps in Belarus, where they are subjected to Russification and indoctrination; strongly condemns the involvement of the Belarus Red Cross in the illegal deportation of Ukrainian children;
19. Strongly condemns the Lukashenka regime’s weaponisation and instrumentalisation of migration to destabilise neighbouring EU Member States through orchestrated irregular flows, violating human rights, exploiting vulnerable individuals and threatening regional stability; calls for the EU and its Member States to work on a coordinated response to counter this hybrid threat while protecting EU external borders and protecting the rights and safety of vulnerable individuals;
20. Urges Belarus to commute all death sentences, impose a moratorium on capital punishment and move towards its permanent abolition;
21. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the relevant EU institutions, the governments and parliaments of the Member States, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the Council of Europe, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Government of Japan, representatives of the Belarusian democratic forces and the Belarusian de facto authorities.
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The digital platform for the development and application of digital twins CML-Bench®, developed by Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, has received a certificate of compliance with the software security requirements of the Federal Service for Technical and Export Control (FSTEC of Russia) at the sixth level of trust. CML-Bench® is the first digital platform developed by SPbPU to receive a certificate allowing the processing of information with the confidentiality modes “Commercial Secret” and “For Official Use Only”.
The sixth level of trust allows the platform to be used at significant critical information infrastructure facilities of the third category, in government information systems and as part of automated production and technological process control systems of the third class* of information security, and personal data information systems of the third level** of security.
*In state information systems, there are three classes of information security, which are determined depending on the level of significance of the information processed in the information system and its scale (federal, regional, facility-based). The first class requires the greatest protection, the third class – the least protection. **When protecting personal data, the third level is the average level of security, which is used for personal data, the leakage of which may harm the data subject, but will not lead to significant risks.
Thus, in the context of changing legislation in the field of import substitution of software and increasing requirements for software security, the FSTEC of Russia certificate allows using the CML-Bench® digital platform for working with government agencies; government institutions and enterprises; Russian legal entities that own information systems, information and telecommunications networks, automated control systems operating in the field of healthcare, science, transport, communications, energy, as well as state registration of rights to real estate and transactions with it, banking and other areas of the financial market, fuel and energy complex, in the field of nuclear energy, defense, rocket and space, mining, metallurgy and chemical industries.
To ensure that the CML-Bench® digital platform meets the requirements of the sixth level of trust, specialists from the Advanced Engineering School of SPbPU “Digital Engineering” have developed and implemented a number of microservices in the software that provide protection against unauthorized access to information, implement identification and authentication functions, access control and registration of security events, in accordance with the requirements specified in the document “Information security requirements establishing levels of trust in technical information protection tools and information technology security tools”.
In particular, authentication services, user rights management, and an LDAP (LDAP) interaction service were implemented. CML-Bench® was also integrated with Keycloak (a program that helps users log into different sites and applications under one account and allows you to manage who has access to what) with CML-Bench®. At the same time, identifiers and object types were output to the log by security event types with the ability to customize the volume of recorded information. Event logging was implemented for all account types. The Circuit Breaker template was successfully implemented and support for CSRF tokens (a security tool in web applications) was added. Healthcheck checks were also added to the new services.
In March 2023, for the first time in the history of SPbPU, a license was received from the FSTEC of Russia for the development and production of means of protecting confidential information, including software tools for information protection; secure software (software and hardware) means of information processing and software (software and hardware) means of monitoring information security. After that, active work began on the allocation and refinement of the “security module” as part of the Digital Platform for the Development and Application of Digital Twins CML-Bench®. And a year and a half later, an FSTEC certificate was received confirming the compliance of the platform’s security level with the sixth trust level. For us, this is a very important result, since the structural divisions of the Advanced Engineering School of SPbPU “Digital Engineering” implement projects with high-tech companies from various industries that are subjects of critical information infrastructure, – commented Vice-Rector for Digital Transformation of SPbPU, Head of the Advanced Engineering School of SPbPU “Digital Engineering” Alexey Borovkov.
The refinement of the “security module” as part of the Digital Platform for the Development and Application of Digital Twins CML-Bench® was accompanied by updating the technical documentation and testing.
Certification tests on a special stand were carried out by the Scientific, Technical and Certification Center for Comprehensive Information Security (JSC Center Atomzashchitainform). As a result of the preparation of the research stand, along with the creation of conditions for testing, the absence of configuration vulnerabilities and signs of malware in the object of assessment, as well as potentially dangerous functional capabilities that appear during the installation and configuration of the object of assessment were checked. As a result, the CML-Bench® digital platform, based on the test results, confirmed the absence of current vulnerabilities and protection against the threat of unauthorized access to information contained in the product; against the threat of unauthorized transfer of information to information and telecommunication networks and other information systems; against the threat of unauthorized receipt of information about the product, as well as its nodes; the threat of denial of service.
The assessment of the certification test materials for compliance with information security requirements was carried out by the expert commission of the certification body FSTEC of Russia. Based on the expert opinion on the results of comprehensive certification tests of the digital platform for the development and use of digital twins CML-Bench®, a certificate of compliance with information security requirements was issued.
The certification was carried out on an initiative basis during the implementation of a project to design and create an automated digital engineering system jointly with Greenatom JSC in a subsidiary of TVEL JSC — CentroTech-Engineering LLC for further replication in the structures of TVEL JSC and Rosatom State Corporation.
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The CML-Bench® digital platform is a digital platform for the development and application of digital twins of both high-tech industrial products and goods, as well as technological and production processes for their manufacture, a system for managing activities in the field of system digital engineering. Since 2006, the CML-Bench® digital platform has been developed by employees of the Engineering Center (CompMechLab®) “Computer Engineering Center” of SPbPU and employees of the Computational Mechanics Laboratory LLC (CompMechLab®).
The CML-Bench® Digital Platform is used to develop projects for high-tech industries: engine building, power engineering, nuclear, oil and gas, special and railway engineering, aircraft and helicopter engineering, including unmanned aerial vehicles, automotive engineering, including electric transport, shipbuilding and shipbuilding, as well as marine engineering, nuclear energy, fuel and energy complex, medicine, high-performance sports, etc.
At the end of 2022, the CML-Bench® platform was deployed on the servers of Centrotech-Engineering LLC (part of the control circuit of the TVEL fuel company of the Rosatom State Corporation) as part of the project to create an automated digital engineering system. And in 2023, specialists from the Advanced Engineering School “Digital Engineering” of SPbPU developed a software module that allows for the seamless transfer of engineering data from one of the most popular PLM systems (engineering data and production process management systems) Teamcenter by Siemens to the CML-Bench® digital platform. The CML-Bench® digital platform formed the basis for the URANIA data and process management system for computational and experimental scientific research, used at the enterprises of the Rosatom State Corporation.
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Head of the Production Preparation Bureau of the Chief Technologist’s Department of the Kronstadt Marine Plant Dmitry Gomonov graduated from the Polytechnic in 2014. But he still maintains ties with his alma mater. The graduate of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Transport is one of the Polytechnic ambassadors, an active participant in all “ambassadorial” events. At meetings with current students, he talks so enthusiastically about the Kronstadt Plant, about the ships and the fleet that it is clear to everyone that the man has found his calling. And his experience can help others find their place in life.
Interview with Dmitry Gomonov Read in our special project “Persona”.
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Source: Moscow Exchange – Moscow Exchange –
01/24/2025 13:37
In accordance with the Methodology for determining the risk parameters of the stock market and deposit market of PJSC Moscow Exchange by NCO NCC (JSC), on 24.01.2025, 13-37 (Moscow time), the values of the upper limit of the price corridor (up to 774.4) and the range of market risk assessment (up to 839.55 rubles, equivalent to a rate of 25.0%) of the PIKK security (PIK JSC) were changed
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Source: Moscow Exchange – Moscow Exchange –
01.24.2025 11:26
In accordance with the Methodology for determining the risk parameters of the stock market and the deposit market of PJSC Moscow Exchange by NCO NCC (JSC) on 24.01.2025, 11-26 (Moscow time), the values of the upper limit of the price corridor (up to 332.2) and the range of market risk assessment (up to 355.418 rubles, equivalent to a rate of 25.5%) of the RASP (Raspadskaya) security were changed
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01.24.2025 12:15
In accordance with the Methodology for determining the risk parameters of the stock market and the deposit market of PJSC Moscow Exchange by NCO NCC (JSC) on 24.01.2025, 12-15 (Moscow time), the values of the lower limit of the price corridor (up to 92.97) and the range of market risk assessment (up to 941.92 rubles, equivalent to a rate of 7.5%) of the security RU000A0JT6B2 (VEB.RF 19) were changed
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01.24.2025 10:39
In accordance with the Methodology for determining the risk parameters of the stock market and the deposit market of PJSC Moscow Exchange by NCO NCC (JSC) on 24.01.2025, 10-39 (Moscow time), the values of the upper limit of the price corridor (up to 320.15) and the range of market risk assessment (up to 343.382 rubles, equivalent to a rate of 21.25%) of the RASP (Raspadskaya) security were changed
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01/24/2025 10:21
In accordance with the Methodology for determining the risk parameters of the stock market and the deposit market of Moscow Exchange PJSC by NCO NCC (JSC) on 24.01.2025, 10-21 (Moscow time), the values of the upper limit of the price corridor (up to 100.45) and the range of market risk assessment (up to 1102.96 rubles, equivalent to a rate of 21.25%) of the security RU000A105DN0 (FSK RS BO6) were changed
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| Date of the deposit auction | 01/24/2025 |
| Placement currency | Rub |
| Maximum amount of funds placed (in placement currency) | 2,547,000,000.00 |
| Placement period, days | 32 |
| Date of deposit | 01/24/2025 |
| Refund date | 02/25/2025 |
| Minimum placement interest rate, % per annum | 21.00 |
| Conditions of imprisonment, urgent or special | Urgent |
| Minimum amount of funds placed for one application (in placement currency) | 2,547,000,000.00 |
| Maximum number of applications from one Participant, pcs. | 1 |
| Auction form, open or closed | Open |
| Basis of the Treaty | General Agreement |
| Schedule (Moscow time) | |
| Preliminary applications | from 12:00 to 12:10 |
| Applications in competition mode | from 12:10 to 12:15 |
| Setting a cut-off percentage or declaring the auction invalid | until 12:25 |
| Additional terms | |
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Source: Rosneft – Rosneft – An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.
In 2024, about 6.5 thousand students completed internships at Rosneft subsidiaries, including those from the company’s key partner universities – Lomonosov Moscow State University, MGIMO of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas (National Research University), Far Eastern Federal University and others. Students get acquainted with the work of oil workers directly at the Company’s production facilities, which allows future specialists to apply the knowledge they gained at educational institutions in practice.
Rosneft develops cooperation with higher and secondary educational institutions of Russia within the framework of the corporate system of continuous education “School-College/University-Enterprise”. The company cooperates with 203 educational partner organizations, including 82 Russian and foreign universities, 65 colleges and 56 schools. Rosneft annually invests more than 1 billion rubles in the development of educational partner organizations. The program has been in effect since 2005 and is aimed at forming a young external personnel reserve from among schoolchildren and students in the regions of the Company’s production activities, as well as at the constant growth of professional competencies of its employees.
With the support of Rosneft, unique programs are being created in a number of areas of student training. Thus, with the support of RN-Vankor, 9 new specialized areas of training have been opened in technical schools and colleges. Rosneft’s Scientific Institute in Tyumen has created basic departments at Tyumen Industrial and Tyumen State Universities. The Company’s basic departments at the country’s leading universities implement specialized master’s programs, hold conferences and internships, and develop and publish educational and methodological materials.
The Company’s enterprises also take an active part in equipping colleges and universities with modern equipment and creating laboratories. Thus, in 2024, Samotlorneftegaz equipped educational sites in two branches of Ugra State University – a multifunctional simulator for the development and operation of wells was installed at the Oil Institute, and a laboratory for assessing the chemical and physical quality of oil and gas was created at the Multidisciplinary College. In addition, a laboratory of geospatial technologies was opened at the Nizhnevartovsk Construction College with funds from the enterprise. “Taas-Yuryakh Neftegazodobycha” opened an educational and training complex “Factory of Full Cycle Oil and Gas Production Processes” on the basis of the Regional Technical College, and also equipped the “Digital Oil and Gas Field” research laboratory at the North-Eastern Federal University with high-resolution video panels . Verkhnechonskneftegaz equipped the Oil and Gas Engineering training center of the Irkutsk National Research Technical University with a training ground for conducting practical classes on safe work, and Orenburgneft allocated funds for the purchase of a mobile drilling rig for the Department of Geology of Orenburg State University. In addition, the Kuibyshev Refinery helped the educational laboratory of the Faculty of Chemical Technology of the Samara State Technical University acquire modern pilot plants that are analogues of real industrial oil refining facilities, and the Syzran Refinery opened a class of computer simulators in the Syzran branch of the Samara State Technical University.
In order to select and motivate the best students for practical training and subsequent employment, Rosneft enterprises implement career guidance events. Thus, Udmurtneft held Udmurtneft Days in oil universities in Moscow, Yekaterinburg, Perm, Kazan and Izhevsk. SamaraNIPIneft organized a competition of scientific grants for students, postgraduates and master’s students of Samara State Technical University, 39 participants received cash grants to continue their research work. Specialists of Novokuibyshevsk Oil and Additives Plant together with teachers of Novokuibyshevsk Petrochemical College implemented a pilot project “Vector of Professionalism” aimed at identifying talented and promising young people from among students of the company’s specialized specialties.
Rosneft also creates conditions for developing the competencies of scientific and pedagogical staff. Internships for teachers are organized at the Angarsk Polymer Plant, Saratov Oil Refinery, RN-Yuganskneftegaz and Samotlorneftegaz. These events allow teachers to gain valuable practical experience, get acquainted with modern technologies and see the production process with their own eyes.
Department of Information and Advertising of PJSC NK Rosneft January 24, 2025
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Source: State University Higher School of Economics – State University Higher School of Economics –
Today’s event industry, as a vector of the experience economy, combines design, theater, cinema, performance, music, food, health, tourism and other areas of human life. Professional design of art and lifestyle events is the main trend of the future, and an experience engineer is perhaps the main creative profession of our tomorrow, in which an event will be understood as designing and obtaining a new experience, and not a service, regardless of the scale and format of the event.
The profile “Event. Theatre. Performance” trains professionals in the field of the experience industry at the intersection of directing, scenography, work with space, light, video, body, costume, make-up and performative practices in all their semantic, conceptual and artistic connections.
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Source: Bundesbank
In recent years, geopolitical tensions and associated risks have risen around the world. Global geopolitical risk surged after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. At that time, geopolitical risk spiked particularly for Russia and its neighbouring countries. In addition, geopolitical risk rose sharply in China and Taiwan in recent years, due to the geopolitical rivalry between the US and China and mounting tensions around the political status of Taiwan. As some of these countries are important exporters in the global trade and production network, the question arises to which extent rising geopolitical tensions disrupt trade flows.
In this paper, we use detailed customs data in a panel spanning 20 years to investigate the role of the import channel for the transmission of geopolitical risk in trading partner countries. Particularly, we take the perspectives of the US and the euro area and study the effects of trading-partner geopolitical risk on import volumes and import prices.
We find that trading-partner geopolitical risk shocks lower import volumes and raise import prices. The decline in imports is particularly strong when geopolitical risk shocks hit countries that exhibit a greater geopolitical distance to the US and the euro area, or when geopolitical risk shocks hit countries that are under US sanctions. Thus, increasing geopolitical risk triggers dynamics that may be conducive to a fragmentation of global trade. A case in point are large effects of geopolitical risk shocks in China. We find that US and euro area imports from non-Chinese trading partners are also affected by such shocks, which also owes to US dollar and global oil price movements as well as trading-partner value chain linkages with China.
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Source: Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering – Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering – On an excursion to the Central Control Center of the Central Ring Road
On January 23, the award ceremony for the winners of the All-Russian competition of design and research works “Development of the road construction complex of Russia” took place at the main office of the State Company “Avtodor” in Moscow. In the nomination “Bridges, tunnels and building structures” two works submitted by SPbGASU were noted.
The winner in this nomination was the research project of Nikolai Kozak, associate professor of the Department of Transport Systems and Road and Bridge Construction, on the topic of expanding the capabilities of systems for assessing the technical condition of bridge structures by applying statistical approaches to determining reliability indicators; the head of the department, Stanislav Evtyukov, was awarded for leading this project.
The prize place in this nomination was awarded to Igor Rudakov, a fifth-year student majoring in “Construction of Unique Buildings and Structures,” for his research, “Determination and comparison of design and actual reliability indices of reinforced concrete bridges in operation, taking into account their actual load,” completed under the supervision of Nikolai Kozak.
The competition of works was organized by the State Company Avtodor at the end of last year to identify and support talented students and young scientists. The co-organizers of the competition were the Russian University of Transport (RUT (MIIT)) and the Moscow Automobile and Road State Technical University (MADI) with expert support from the Siberian State Automobile and Road University (SibADI).
A total of 69 works by universities from 20 regions of Russia took part in the competition, and 15 works in seven nominations were awarded. As part of the daytime program, the laureates also visited such facilities of the state company as the central control center of the Central Ring Road (CRR) and the laboratories of the subsidiary company Avtodor-Engineering.
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Source: Government of the Russian Federation – An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.
Since 2018, the Stimul program has been implemented in Russia, thanks to which schools, kindergartens, medical institutions, highways and housing and communal services facilities were built for new residential areas in the regions. Since 2019, the program has been included in the national project Housing and Urban Environment, which ended in 2024.
Road in the Novo-Patrushevo microdistrict of Tyumen
“It is important for people to have a modern school, kindergarten, and clinic within walking distance of their home, to be able to drive into the yard via a quality road, and to have utilities provided without interruptions. All this was facilitated by the Stimulus program, thanks to which more than 1,000 events have been implemented in the country since 2018, including 848 infrastructure facilities and 169 technical connections. This made it possible to stimulate the commissioning of 61.4 million square meters of housing provided with the necessary infrastructure. The national project “Housing and Urban Environment”, and along with it the Stimulus program, have completed their work, but we continue to improve the living environment for people within the framework of the new national project “Infrastructure for Life”, “said Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin.
The Deputy Prime Minister added that during the operation of the Stimul program, about 1,600 km of roads were built and reconstructed. Among them are inter-block and intra-block roads, access roads, interchanges, as well as main streets that are important both for the city as a whole and for individual districts. In addition, the Stimul program made it possible to commission 203 educational facilities with more than 111 thousand places, 12 medical institutions with 5.5 thousand places, as well as utility networks with a length of more than 2 thousand km.
“In 2024 alone, 124 facilities were commissioned in the areas of housing projects participating in the Stimulus program. This stimulated the commissioning of 11.75 million square meters of new housing in developing areas. 51 engineering infrastructure facilities with a length of more than 450 km, 70 road infrastructure facilities with a length of more than 132.3 km and three schools for 3,129 students were created or reconstructed,” said Irek Faizullin, Minister of Construction and Housing and Public Utilities of the Russian Federation.
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Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)
CHICAGO, Jan. 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Marquette National Corporation (OTCQX: MNAT) today announced that its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.31 per share, an increase of 10.7% from the previous quarter dividend rate. The dividend will be payable on April 1, 2025 to shareholders of record on March 14, 2025. As of December 31, 2024, Marquette had 4,367,477 shares issued and outstanding.
The Company also announced that its Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $1,000,000 of its outstanding common stock at prevailing market prices through open market or negotiated transactions. The repurchase program is authorized to last through December 31, 2025.
Marquette National Corporation is a diversified bank holding company with total assets of $2.2 billion. The Company’s banking subsidiary, Marquette Bank, is a full-service, community bank that serves the financial needs of communities in Chicagoland, offering an extensive line of financial solutions, including retail banking, real estate lending, trust, insurance, investments, wealth management and business banking to consumers and commercial customers. Marquette Bank has 20 branches located in: Chicago, Bolingbrook, Bridgeview, Evergreen Park, Hickory Hills, Lemont, New Lenox, Oak Forest, Oak Lawn, Orland Park, Summit and Tinley Park, Illinois. For more information visit: https://emarquettebank.com
Special Note Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
This document contains, and future oral and written statements of the Company and its management may contain, forward-looking statements with respect to the financial condition, results of operations, plans, objectives, future performance and business of the Company. Forward-looking statements, which may be based upon beliefs, expectations and assumptions of the Company’s management and on information currently available to management, are generally identifiable by the use of words such as “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “intend,” “estimate,” “may,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “should” or other similar expressions. A number of factors, many of which are beyond the ability of the Company to control or predict, could cause actual results to differ materially from those in its forward-looking statements. These factors include, among others, the following: (i) the strength of the local, state, national and international economies (including the effects of inflationary pressures and supply chain constraints); (ii) the economic impact of any future terrorist threats and attacks, widespread disease or pandemics, acts of war or other threats thereof (including the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Russian invasion of Ukraine), or other adverse external events that could cause economic deterioration or instability in credit markets, and the response of the local, state and national governments to any such adverse external events; (iii) changes in accounting policies and practices, as may be adopted by state and federal regulatory agencies, the Financial Accounting Standards Board or the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board; (iv) changes in local, state and federal laws, regulations and governmental policies concerning the Company’s general business as a result of the upcoming 2024 presidential election or any changes in response to failures of other banks; (v) changes in interest rates and prepayment rates of the Company’s assets (including the impact of the significant rate increases by the Federal Reserve since 2022); (vi) increased competition in the financial services sector (including from non-bank competitors such as credit unions and “fintech” companies) and the inability to attract new customers; (vii) changes in technology and the ability to develop and maintain secure and reliable electronic systems; (viii) the loss of key executives or employees; (ix) changes in consumer spending; (x) unexpected outcomes of existing or new litigation involving the Company; (xi) the economic impact of exceptional weather occurrences such as tornadoes, floods and blizzards; (xii) fluctuations in the value of securities held in our securities portfolio; (xiii) concentrations within our loan portfolio, large loans to certain borrowers, and large deposits from certain clients; (xiv) the concentration of large deposits from certain clients who have balances above current Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insurance limits and may withdraw deposits to diversity their exposure; (xv) the level of non-performing assets on our balance sheets; (xvi) interruptions involving our information technology and communications systems or third-party servicers; (xvii) breaches or failures of our information security controls or cybersecurity-related incidents, and (xviii) the ability of the Company to manage the risks associated with the foregoing as well as anticipated.. These risks and uncertainties should be considered in evaluating forward-looking statements and undue reliance should not be placed on such statements. Additionally, all statements in this document, including forward-looking statements, speak only as of the date they are made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any statement in light of new information or future events.
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Source: State University of Management – Official website of the State –
The State University of Management entered the top 30 media rating of Russian higher education institutions for 2024. The data on this was published by the information and analytical company Medialogiya.
The most cited material mentioning our university was the article “Director of the Institute of Economics and Finance of the State University of Management, Professor Galina Sorokina: two categories of citizens may be allowed to retire at age 50,” which was published in June of last year.
It should be noted that the main indicator of the rating is the Media Index of Medialogy, which allows for a qualitative analysis of the effectiveness of PR.
The index is calculated automatically using linguistic analysis technologies according to the methodology developed by the Medialogia company in collaboration with mathematicians and mass media and PR analysts.
The ratings are based on the media database of the Medialogy system, which currently includes more than 100 thousand mass media: TV, radio, newspapers, magazines, news agencies and online publications.
Let us add that GUU has previously been included in the media rating: in November and July 2024, as well as in November 2023. And now our university is among the most mentioned universities for the whole of 2024 in 29th place.
The full rating can be viewed on the Medialogy website.
Subscribe to the TG channel “Our GUU” Date of publication: 01/24/2025
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Source: State University Higher School of Economics – State University Higher School of Economics –
Lyceum of the Higher School of Economics was recognized as the winner of the All-Russian Award of the Year – 2024 of the Moscow International Education Fair in the nomination “School of the Year in Digital”. The expert jury highly praised the official website of the lyceum, the activity and engagement of the audience in social networks, and interaction with the media.
The MMSO Award of the Year was created to recognize educational organizations that pay special attention to the formation of their mission and, using digital tools, build communication with the professional community, their employees, students, graduates, parents, founders, and partners.
General education organizations (schools, educational centers)
Organizations implementing secondary vocational education (SVE) programs
Pre-school educational organizations
Educational organizations of higher education
Organizations implementing additional education programs for children
This year, over 550 applications from 81 subjects of the Russian Federation were submitted for 11 award nominations, and over 20 thousand votes were cast in the online voting process.
The awarding of the HSE Lyceum with the prestigious All-Russian prize confirms that an effective system of communication and brand positioning has been built here. Not only official social networks are working — TG channel And community page in VK, but also separate thematic channels – “Lyceum applicants“for applicants, channel of extracurricular activities and events”Lyceum frequency” A channel for the professional community has been launched “Lyceum to schools“There is a network of channels of the Lyceum Olympiad Camps (LOS(ь)) – an off-site additional educational program organized jointly by the Lyceum and Faculty of Pre-University Training Vyshki. The Lyceum Olympiad Camp also became a finalist for the “MMSO Award of the Year” in the nomination “Brand of the Year in Supplementary Education”.
“Communication is the most important component of success for us. The extent to which we are open and understandable to our future applicants and their families determines their choice of the Lyceum, and subsequently our university, to implement their educational trajectory,” says Valentina Setezheva, Deputy Director of the HSE Lyceum. “The building of trusting relationships and the preservation of an atmosphere of co-creation within the Lyceum depend on how close we are to our Lyceum students, how much we support their initiatives, including in the media space. Our internal professional growth also depends on how open we are to the teaching and expert community, because dialogue, exchange of experience and knowledge allows us to adopt best practices and solve tasks more effectively.”
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Source: The Conversation – USA – By Joshua Shanes, Professor of Jewish Studies, College of Charleston
As part of Harvard University’s agreement in response to two federal lawsuits filed by Jewish students alleging antisemitic discrimination, it will adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, or IHRA, “working definition” of antisemitism.
This is a definition favored by many Jewish community leaders and politicians because its broad language can be applied to most anti-Israel rhetoric. This includes Kenneth Marcus, who served as assistant secretary of education during the first Trump administration and represented the students as chairman of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law.
In contrast, many scholars prefer either the competing Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism or the definition offered by the Nexus Task Force, a committee of experts led by the Bard Center for the Study of Hate. I am a member of the Nexus group and also helped compose its 2024 “Campus Guide to Identifying Antisemitism.”
The controversy over this move indicates that many well-intentioned people still struggle to understand what exactly constitutes antisemitism and when anti-Israel rhetoric crosses the line.
As a scholar of modern Jewish history, I offer this primer that helps answer this question.
There has been a sharp increase in antisemitism around the world since the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre by Hamas and Israel’s subsequent military attacks in the Gaza Strip.
Anti-Jewish animosity dates to antiquity. The early Christian church attacked Jews, whom it blamed for crucifying Christ, and claimed to replace them as God’s chosen people. The Gospel of John in the New Testament accused Jews of being Satan’s children, while others called them demons intent on sacrificing the souls of men.
Medieval Christians added other myths, such as the blood libel – the lie that Jews ritually murdered Christian children for their blood. Other myths accused them of poisoning wells or desecrating the consecrated host of the Eucharist to reenact the murder of Christ; some even claimed that Jews had inhuman biology such as horns or that they suckled at the teats of pigs.
Such lies led to violent persecution of Jews over many centuries.
In the 19th century, these myths were supplanted by the additional element of race – the claim that Jewishness was immutable and could not be changed via conversion. Though this idea first appeared in 15th-century Spain, it was deeply connected to the rise of modern nationalism.
Nineteenth-century ethno-nationalists rejected the idea of a political nation united in a social contract with each other. They began imagining the nation as a biological community linked by common descent in which Jews might be tolerated but could never truly belong.
Finally, in 1879, the German journalist Wilhelm Marr pushed the term “antisemitism” to reflect that his anti-Jewish ideology was based on race, not religion. Marr imagined the Jews as a foreign, “semitic” race, referring to the language group that includes Hebrew. The term has since persisted to mean specifically anti-Jewish hostility or prejudice.
Modern antisemitism built on those premodern foundations, which never completely disappeared, but was fundamentally different. It emerged as part of the new politics of the democratic modern era.
Antisemitism became the core platform of new political parties, which used it to unite otherwise opposing groups, such as shopkeepers and farmers, anxious about the modernizing world. In other words, it was not merely prejudice; it was a worldview that explained the entire world to its believers by blaming all of its faults on this scapegoat.
Unlike earlier anti-Jewish hatred, this was less about religion and more about political and social issues. Antisemites believed the conspiracy theory that Jews all over the world controlled the levers of government, media and banking, and that defeating them would solve society’s problems.
Thus, one of the most important features of modern antisemitic mythology was the belief that Jews constituted a single, malevolent group, with one mind, organized for the purpose of conquering and destroying the world.
Antisemitic books and cartoons often used claws or tentacles to symbolize the “international Jew,” a shadowy figure they blamed for leading a global conspiracy, strangling and destroying society. Others depicted him as a puppet master running the world.
In the late 19th century, Edmond Rothschild, head of the most famous Jewish banking family, was villainized as the symbol of international Jewish wealth and nefarious power. Today, the billionaire liberal philanthropist George Soros is often portrayed in similar ways.
This myth that Jews constitute an international creature plotting to harm the nation has inspired massacres of Jews since the 19th century, beginning with the Russian pogroms of 1881 and leading up to the Holocaust.
More recently, in 2018, Robert Bowers murdered 11 Jews at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh because he was convinced that Jews, collectively under the guidance of Soros, were working to destroy America by facilitating the mass migration of nonwhite people into the country.
Modern antisemites ascribe many immutable negative traits to Jews, but two are particularly widespread. First, Jews are said to be ruthless misers who care more about their allegedly ill-gotten wealth than the interests of their countries. Second, Jews’ loyalty to their countries is considered suspect because they are said to constitute a foreign element.
Since Israel’s establishment in 1948, this hatred has focused on the accusation that Jews’ primary loyalty is to Israel, not the countries they live in.
In recent years, the relationship between antisemitism and anti-Zionism has taken on renewed importance. Zionism has many factions but roughly refers to the modern political movement that argues Jews constitute a nation and have a right to self-determination in that land.
Some activists claim that anti-Zionism – ideological opposition to Zionism – is inherently antisemitic because they equate it with denying Jews the right to self-determination and therefore equality.
Others feel that there needs to be a clearer separation between anti-Zionism and antisemitism. They argue that equating anti-Zionism with antisemitism leads to silencing criticism of Israel’s structural mistreatment of Palestinians.
Zionism in practice has meant the achievement of a flourishing safe haven for Jews, but it has also led to dislocation or inequality for millions of Palestinians, including refugees, West Bank Palestinians who still live under military rule, and even Palestinian citizens of Israel who face legal and social discrimination. Anti-Zionism opposes this, and critics argue that it should not be labeled antisemitic unless it taps into those antisemitic myths or otherwise calls for violence or inequality for Jews.
This debate is evident in these competing definitions of antisemitism. Remarkably, the three main definitions tend to agree on the nature of antisemitism except regarding the relationship of anti-Israel rhetoric to antisemitism. The IHRA definition, which is by design vague and open to interpretation, allows for a wider swath of anti-Israel activism to be labeled antisemitic than the others.
The Jerusalem Declaration, in contrast, understands rhetoric to have “crossed the line” only when it engages in antisemitic mythology, blames diaspora Jews for the actions of the Israeli state, or calls for the oppression of Jews in Israel. IHRA defenders use that definition to label a call for binational democracy – meaning citizenship for West Bank Palestinians – to be antisemitic. Likewise, they label boycotts, even of West Bank settlements that most of the world considers illegal, to be antisemitic. The Jerusalem Declaration does not.
In other words, the key to identifying whether anti-Israel discourse has masked antisemitism is to see evidence of antisemitic mythology. For example, if Israel is described as leading an international conspiracy, or if it holds the key to solving global problems, all three definitions agree this is antisemitic.
Equally, if Jews or Jewish institutions are held responsible for Israeli actions or are expected to take a stand one way or another regarding them, again all three definitions agree that this crosses the line because it is based on the myth of a global Jewish conspiracy.
Critically, for many Jews living in other countries, Zionism is not primarily a political argument about the state of Israel. It instead constitutes a sense of Jewish identity and pride, even a religious identity. In contrast, many protests against Israel and Zionism are focused not on ideology but on the Israeli government and its real or alleged actions.
This disconnect can lead to confusion if protests conflate Jews with Israel just because they are Zionist, which is antisemitic. On the other hand, Jews sometimes take protests against Israel in defense of Palestinian rights to be attacks on their Zionist identity and thus antisemitic, when they are not. There are certainly gray areas, but in general, calls for Palestinian equality, I believe, are legitimate even when they upset people with Zionist identities.
Harvard’s statement captures this distinction. It posted a statement that, “For many Jewish people, Zionism is a part of their Jewish identity,” and added that Jews who subscribe to this identity must not be excluded from campus events on that basis.
This does not mean that Jews are protected from hearing contrary views, any more than they are protected from hearing Christian preachers on campus or professors who teach secular views of the Bible. It means that they cannot be excluded based only on those beliefs.
This does not, however, require an adoption of the IHRA definition of antisemitism, which goes much further. Many advocates of the IHRA definition use it to label political calls for Palestinian equality as antisemitic, as well as accusations against Israel that they consider wrong or unfair.
Harvard’s adoption of the IHRA definition, accordingly, would mean that any speech that calls for full equality for Palestinians risks academic and legal sanction, even without any material discrimination against Jewish students. It is thus opposed by students who advocate for Palestinian rights as well as supporters of free speech more generally.
Editor’s note: This is an updated version of an article first published on Jan. 29, 2024
Joshua Shanes does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
– ref. Harvard expands its definition of antisemitism – when does criticism of Israel cross a line? – https://theconversation.com/harvard-expands-its-definition-of-antisemitism-when-does-criticism-of-israel-cross-a-line-248199
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Rector of the State University of Management Vladimir Stroyev took part in the first meeting of the State Council of the Russian Federation Commission on Personnel in 2025, which took place on January 22, 2025.
The Chairman of the Commission, Governor of the Kaluga Region, and graduate of the State University of Management Vladislav Shapsha opened the meeting with a speech in which he spoke about work plans for this year.
The event was attended by representatives of the Presidential Administration, the Government, the Federation Council, the State Duma, heads of regions, federal and regional ministries, and the scientific and business community. Among them were the Minister of Labor and Social Protection Anton Kotyakov, the First Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, a graduate of the State University of Management Vasily Osmakov, the Chairperson of the Federation Council Committee on Science, Education, and Culture Liliya Gumerova, the President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Alexander Shokhin, and the Deputy Chairman of the State Council, Deputy Governor of the Kaluga Region, a graduate of our university Tatyana Leonova.
The participants discussed the main areas of the Commission’s work in 2025 and approved the action plan for the year. The key task is to “land” in a number of pilot regions events related to technological sovereignty, regional personnel forecasts, and the professional education system, in accordance with the updated national objectives. At the same time, the entities participating in the project will be able to receive expert assessments from leading institutes, federal ministries, and subordinate institutions.
The meeting participants identified assistance to veterans of the special military operation in adapting to civilian life, including in mastering a new profession, as a key priority.
It was also decided that in February of this year, a visiting meeting would be held in the Kaluga region, in Obninsk, which would be dedicated to the human resources potential of Russian science.
“We are working on mechanisms for mutual coordination of the goals of national projects. In our case, technological leadership with a regional personnel forecast and routing of students “school-SPO/university-employer”, – Vladislav Shapsha reported on his social networks.
Rector of the State University of Management Vladimir Stroev noted that he will take part in the next meeting of the Commission and share the experience of the State University of Management in this area.
The national project “Personnel” was launched this year by decision of President Vladimir Putin. The main objective of the national project is to help prepare employees efficiently and quickly to meet the needs of employers. This can be achieved through the coordinated work of the state, educational institutions and companies. The national project is aimed at career guidance for schoolchildren and employment of recent graduates – measures are provided for the development of targeted training and industrial practices, the formation of a flexible system of professional standards, and increased labor mobility; to transform the approach to the professional development of already working Russians – assistance will be provided in changing professions or acquiring new skills; to create conditions for the development of business competencies in young people.
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US Senate News:
Source: United States Senator Tommy Tuberville (Alabama)
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) spoke on the Senate floor in support of Pete Hegseth, President Trump’s nominee to be Secretary of Defense, who will bring much-needed change to the Department of Defense.
Additionally, Sen. Tuberville addressed legislation he reintroduced on Wednesday, the Foreign Adversary Risk Management (FARM) Act. The FARM Act will help secure America’s agricultural industry and food supply chains from foreign adversaries by creating a permanent seat for the Secretary of Agriculture on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). Additionally, Sen. Tuberville encouraged the Senate to move quickly on confirming President Trump’s pick for Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, who will fight for America’s farming communities and defend against foreign influence in the U.S. agricultural sector.
Read Sen. Tuberville’s remarks below or watch on YouTube or Rumble.
ON CONFIRMING PETE HEGSETH
“Thank you, Mr. President,
I want to reiterate what my colleague from Tennessee just talked about, the importance of the vote that we just took. Just a few minutes ago our nominee for new Secretary Defense, Pete Hegseth.
Now the procedure is, as we just voted, to close the vote and now, we wait 30 hours from just a few minutes ago and have the final vote on his nomination, which it looks like that he has the votes of a majority to be appointed, or sent to the White House, to be confirmed as the next Secretary of Defense.
I’m on the Armed Services Committee, and I’ve watched four years of the destruction of the best military in our world, United States of America. It is a shame what has happened, the DEI, the woke agenda that’s being pushed on the troops in our country, to me, is embarrassing.
I’m a military brat. My dad died on active duty in the military. Awarded five bronze stars and a Purple Heart at age 17 driving a tank across Europe after landing the first day at Normandy. We have to change course in our military, and we can talk about inflation and pumping gas and the crime and all the things that we’re having a lot of problems with, but if you don’t have a strong military to protect our borders and protect the citizens in our country from adversaries all over the world, we got problems. And it’s got to start there.
Pete Hegseth is the choice, the right choice. I like his age, I like his demeanor, I like the things he brings to our military. He’s exciting and he will energize this military into the next decade. And I’m excited about that.
So, hopefully in about 30 hours we’ll vote tomorrow night around 9:00 and we’ll vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as our new Secretary of Defense.
ON THE FARM ACT
Now, I’d like to turn to national security threats in our Nation’s agriculture sector and food supply chains.
I’m on the Ag Committee. Over the past few years, the United States has experienced a rapid increase in foreign investment in agricultural sector, particularly from China. We have to open our eyes. Bad things are happening around us. Growing foreign investment in agriculture and other essential industries like health care and energy is a direct threat to our country’s national security.
You know for years now I’ve been sounding the alarm about foreign ownership of American farmland and other elements of our food chain. According to USDA data from December 2023, foreign investors own approximately 45 million acres of U.S. agriculture land. Now let me say that again: 45 million acres of our forest and agriculture land in this country has been sold to foreign entities. Does that not scare us? What [did] we just see during COVID about our drug supply? We looked around, we looked for health care and help after COVID hit our hit our borders and what happened? We found out that it was all being made in China.
So, 45 million acres, this represents over 1.5 million acres in one calendar year. Foreign ownership of U.S. agricultural land in increased modestly from 2012 to [20]17 an average increase of 0.6 million acres per year, that’s 2012 to 2017. But since 2017, the number has skyrocketed to an average of 2.6 million acres a year that we’re selling, our farmland, to our adversaries. And it’s just not China. It’s Russia it’s other entities that don’t wish us well at the end of the day. So additionally, between 2010 and [20]21, entities or individuals from China increased their ownership of U.S. agriculture land more than twenty-fold from about 14,000 acres to 400,000 Acres. This is an unbelievable and unsustainable pace for the United States of America.
Now, Alabama is experiencing, my state, this firsthand. We have the fourth largest amount of foreign owned agricultural land in the United States at 2.2 million acres, most of which is forest land. It’s not really agriculture in terms of growing row crops, it’s basically our forest. You know, I represent over 62,000 farmers in the state of Alabama. I hear from them time and time again about foreign activity in our agriculture community. Threats like these are something our states can’t handle all on their own.
Which is why President Ford established, President Ford, established a Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States, also known in short terms, CFIUS. This was in 1975. In other words, this committee is supposed to keep an eye on foreign investments in our country. This is the governmental body that oversees the vetting process of foreign investments and acquisitions of American companies in the interest of national security. CFIUS is composed of nine members of President’s cabinet including the Secretaries of State, Treasury, Defense, Homeland Security, Commerce, and Energy. The Attorney General, the US Trade Representative, and the Director of Office of Science and Technology Policy also sit on this vetting board of industry and land in our country.
Nowhere on that list did you hear me say the Secretary of Agriculture. Now why is that? […] Considering the massive increase in foreign investment in our country, we need additional oversight for what’s going on in our country. We got our eyes closed. Which is why yesterday I introduced the Foreign Adversary Risk Management Act, called the FARM Act, here on the floor that will accomplish three major things.
First, it would add the Secretary of Agriculture as a permanent member of CFIUS. In other words, that somebody that’s going to help our agriculture people vet land that’s being bought by foreign entities. Second, it would protect U.S. agriculture industry from foreign control through transactions, mergers, and acquisitions, and agreements, and it would also designate agriculture supply chains as critical infrastructure and critical technology. Third, it would require a report to Congress on current and potential foreign investments in the U.S. agriculture industry. This legislation, folks, is long overdue.
These foreign investments now reach into every aspect of agriculture industry and supply chains from farming and processing, to packaging and shipping. We cannot, and I repeat, we cannot allow our adversaries to have a foot in the door to our critical supply chains. Food security is national security. We must prioritize increased oversight of foreign investment, and our food supply chains especially those coming from China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea.
This starts with giving the agriculture community a permanent seat at the table of CFIUS. The FARM Act does just that.
ON CONFIRMING BROOKE ROLLINS
And there’s no better person to fill this permanent seat on CFIUS than my good friend, who we had a hearing today, as a new nominee for Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins. I’ve known Brooke for 30 years. I met her while I was coaching at Texas A&M. She was the student body president in 1994. The students saw then what President Trump, what they see in her today, her strong leadership and her conviction of agriculture. It will be no different when she becomes the Secretary of Agriculture for the United States of America.
Brooke was brought up in a small agricultural community of Glen Rose, Texas. She comes from several generations of American farmers. She participated in levels of 4-H and FFA. She raised livestock throughout her life. Now she is [a] mother, she’s involved in the show steer industry with her four children. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural development from A&M and later earned a law degree at the University of Texas.
Later at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, she was engaged with rural and agriculture communities throughout Texas. She led litigation efforts that focused on the defense of Texas landowners and farmers against federal interference and regulations. Next, Brooke went on to serve in several roles in President Trump’s White House. She served as the Director of Domestic Policy Council, Assistant to the President for Strategic Initiatives, and Director of The Office of American Innovation. In these roles, she helped roll back terrible EPA rules like Waters of the U.S., or WOTUS, that targeted farmers and ranchers.
After the White House, she joined the American First Policy Institute, where she focused on protecting U.S. farmland and foreign entities seeking to gain control, especially from the Chinese. At AFPI, she strove to improve American food security, independence, as well as support measures that defend U.S. agriculture trade. Brooke understands these many challenges.
In short, Brooke is a conservative warrior and will be an excellent Ag Secretary. I look forward to working with her to secure our farmland from foreign entities and working with her on passing a Farm Bill that puts American producers first again.
As Alabama’s voiced on the Senate Ag Committee, I will continue fighting to secure our agriculture supply chain so our agriculture community can continue to put food on the table. And that starts with someone like Brooke Rollins as our Secretary of Agriculture. She is a terrific nominee, and I look forward to working with her on the Committee.
I expect to move, her to move easily through the Committee vote, and here on this floor. So, once she’s out of Committee, the Senate must vote on her for confirmation. She’ll do great. She’s perfect for the job and I ask that the Senate take up both efforts quickly to defend our agriculture communities which feeds not only the American people but the entire world.
I yield the floor.”
Senator Tommy Tuberville represents Alabama in the United States Senate and is a member of the Senate Armed Services, Agriculture, Veterans’ Affairs, HELP, and Aging Committees.
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Vitaly Savelyev got acquainted with the progress of work on pumping oil products from the tanker Volgoneft-239
Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the Government Commission for Coordination of Work to Eliminate the Consequences of the Emergency Situation Caused by the Crash of Tankers in the Kerch Strait, Vitaly Savelyev familiarized himself with the progress of work to pump oil products from the Volgoneft-239 tanker in the area of Cape Panagia and held a meeting of the Government Commission at the operational headquarters in Anapa.
“The pumping out of fuel oil from the vessel’s tanks is nearing completion. About 1.3 tons of fuel oil have been pumped out – there was about 1.4 tons of fuel oil in the four tanks in the stern. The pumping out work is on schedule and is scheduled to be completed by Monday morning,” said Vitaly Savelyev.
After pumping out the fuel oil, specialists will begin dismantling the stern of the tanker on site and its subsequent transportation to the disposal site.
A protective hydraulic structure has been created around the stern of the Volgoneft-239 tanker, which prevents leaks of oil products from the vessel into the Black Sea and protects the work site from adverse weather conditions.
During the meeting of the government commission, the results of the work on the elimination of the consequences of the emergency over the past week were summed up; the current status was presented by the first deputy chairman of the government commission, Minister for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters Alexander Kurenkov, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Alexander Kozlov, head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova, head of Rosprirodnadzor Svetlana Radionova.
“Work to eliminate the consequences of the emergency situation continues in accordance with the approved interdepartmental plan. At the meeting of the government commission, the results of the work for the past week were summed up, further plans were determined taking into account all the tasks and directions related to the elimination of the consequences of the emergency on land and at sea. The work is on schedule, positive dynamics are visible,” noted Vitaly Savelyev.
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US Senate News:
Source: United States Senator for Kansas Roger Marshall
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. joined Newsmax: The Record with Greta Van Susteren to discuss President Trump’s Executive Actions in the first days in office and his economic plans, including the Trump tax cuts, returning manufacturing to the United States, and decreasing the United States’ reliance on trade with China.
Additionally, Senator Marshall discussed President Trump’s Executive Orders to remove the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO) and requiring NATO countries to pay 5% of their GDP on defense.
You may click HERE or on the image above to watch Senator Marshall’s full interview.
Highlights from Senator Marshall’s interview include:
On President Trump’s tax cuts and plan for economic revival in the United States:
“Welcome to the world of Donald Trump. He did talk about decreasing the tax cuts to 15%, and I want Americans to remember what happened when we decreased it from 35% to 21%. I think number one is we saw record growth in federal government tax revenues, but we also saw 401k’s jump as well – so I think that this makes perfect sense to me. President Trump, the great negotiator out there – jobs, jobs, jobs. President Trump is trying to bring manufacturing jobs back to the United States.”
“This is part of President Trump’s America First agenda. If you think about manufacturing, it’s energy cost, and then people – the labor is what determines what we can manufacture, the raw material. So I think he’s kind of thinking about all these pieces of the puzzle…”
On manufacturers returning to the Americas from China:
“A lot of this is dependent upon raw earth materials – so I think you’ve already seen a lot of the manufacturers are bringing that to South America, and then a lot of it’s moving to Vietnam as well. India is doing a lot of it as well. So we need to keep moving those out of the Chinese market. Just like I told my farmers, you cannot depend on China, and I think all these big group purchasing organizations got caught with their pants down during COVID, and have realized that, and are indeed starting to move them back to the Americas.”
On President Trump’s executive order removing the United States from the WHO:
“We should have gotten out of the WHO years ago. To your point, what you’re describing when the World Health Organization said there was no person-to-person transmission, that COVID was already in three different countries… but yet they were denying it.”
“I couldn’t agree with you more, the World Health Organization has gotten way outside of what its mission set should be. They should be focusing on clean water, on clean sewage, vaccines as well. But instead, they’re way outside of their mission. And they are bought and paid for by China.”
On President Trump’s executive order requiring NATO countries to pay 5% of their GDP on defense:
“I was over in Belgium recently. NATO has made a huge, huge, incredible office building… and I said to myself, well, how many troops would that have paid for?”
“[Europe] has over 100,000 of our troops. My son was one of them – just getting back from Poland – in Europe, protecting them. Europe needs to take care of themselves. Italy alone has a GDP the size of Russia. So certainly, Europe should be able to defend themselves against Russia. I don’t understand why we need that much money for NATO either.”