The European Parliament awarded Navalny the Sakharov Prize, BBC reports The European Parliament awarded Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny the Andrei Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought - this is the main human rights award of the European Union. The European People's Party, the largest faction, announced that Navalny was the winner of the prize...

The daughter of Vladimir Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov, Elizaveta Peskova, has been working as an intern in the European Parliament from a European deputy from France in recent weeks. This position gives her full access to the premises and databases of the European Parliament. Including the internal computer network of the European Parliament and the internal ...

The European Parliament has awarded the annual Sakharov Prize to Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison and a thousand lashes on charges of insulting Islam. The President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz announced the name of the winner of the award, which is awarded for achievements in the field of ...

The European Parliament did not restrict access to the assembly to the permanent representative of Russia Vladimir Chizhov; the message on the department’s website was incorrectly interpreted, the press service of the legislative body confirmed to the BBC. Earlier, Chizhov himself stated this: “We are talking about an incorrect interpretation of the phrase. That is, for me...

The European Parliament, in response to the Russian “black list,” limited free access to the assembly to the permanent representative of Russia to the European Union, Vladimir Chizhov. As specified, the Russian permanent representative “will be able to visit the European Parliament, but he will need to request a pass for each visit.” Also, access to the residence of the European Parliament…