Extract from Urgent Question (Commons) on Russian Federation: Human Rights - Jan 27
Thursday, 28 January 2021 08:35
Dr Liam Fox (North Somerset) (Con): Thirty years after the fall of
the Soviet Union, the Russian regime murders its opponents abroad.
It poisons its challengers at home. It still has armed forces on
the sovereign territory of the Ukraine and Georgia. It believes in
the Soviet concept of a near abroad and presents a clear threat to
continental Europe’s security. Does my hon. Friend have a message
for those in Europe who still support the Nord Stream 2 pipeline,
which will make Europe more...Request free trial
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Somerset) (Con): Thirty years after the fall of the
Soviet Union, the Russian regime murders its opponents abroad. It
poisons its challengers at home. It still has armed forces on the
sovereign territory of the Ukraine and Georgia. It believes in the
Soviet concept of a near abroad and presents a clear threat to
continental Europe’s security. Does my hon. Friend have a message
for those in Europe who still support the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which
will make Europe more dependent on Russian gas and give economic
comfort to Putin’s gangster regime?
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign,
Commonwealth and Development Affairs (): The UK remains concerned about the impact
that Nord Stream 2 will have on
European energy security, and particularly on the interests of
Ukraine. Our focus continues to be supporting resilient European
energy markets, including measures that strengthen and diversify
gas supply and competition. Obviously, this is a matter for
Germany, but I can assure my right hon. Friend that we remain
concerned about the impacts of Nord Stream
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