MEPs call to action to combat Russian interference
In a resolution adopted on Thursday, the European Parliament - troubled by the so-called "Russiagate" affair - called on the EU to take action to prevent the Kremlin from interfering in the European decision-making process.
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00:00 The European Parliament has passed a resolution condemning Russia's attempts to interfere
00:06 in EU decision-making. According to the resolution, approved by 433 with 56 against, Russia is
00:14 pushing to rebuild its network of allies in Europe, and that is a big danger for democracy.
00:22 Russia now is recovering, Kremlin is recovering to reorganize their, how to say, proxies in
00:31 different areas, because in the very beginning since this war, large-scale war started, we
00:37 saw that those proxies were silent. Now they are much more brave again to speak, to be
00:45 outspoken.
00:48 Russian meddling in EU policy came to light when a Russian newspaper accused the Latvian
00:53 Russian-speaking MEP, Tatiana Zhdanova, of being a Russian secret service agent. Speaking
01:00 at the plenary session on Tuesday, she rejected the charges.
01:03 They say Tatiana Zhdanova is an agent. Yes, I am an agent. An agent for peace, an agent
01:13 for Europe without fascism, an agent for minority rights, an agent for united Europe from Lisbon
01:21 to Ural.
01:24 One Romanian MEP proposed further sanctions against any MEP found to be cooperating with
01:29 Russia.
01:32 If someone in the European Parliament is working obviously for and with Putin, that means that
01:39 they shouldn't get the chance to speak in this house because their voice is the propaganda
01:44 voice.
01:45 Danoka, who had already been banned from standing in the EU elections in June, is now being
01:51 investigated by the EU Parliament itself.
01:54 [Dramatic music]
01:58 (whooshing)