The topic of violation of the rights and freedoms of citizens must be raised at the level of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. This was stated by State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin on Wednesday, January 24, during the discussion of the statement condemning the decision of the Moldovan authorities to ban Russian television and radio programs. At the plenary session, the deputies approved a document calling for the United Nations, the Council of Europe and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to assess the Moldovan law banning the broadcasting of news programs from Russia. According to Volodin, the question of encroachments on the rights of citizens can and should be approached more broadly: "Let's, when we prepare a statement, to approach it more thoughtfully, more justifiably. We have a lot of arguments. This is not about discrimination against the Russian media, it is about infringing on the fundamental rights and freedoms of Moldovan citizens - a country that claims to be a democratic state. We must talk about this, "the speaker said..

According to Volodin, the violation of fundamental rights and freedoms should be assessed by European democratic institutions. If they themselves are silent, it means that they need to be pushed to it. "In Ukraine, disconnected social networks - that's encroachment on rights and freedoms," he cited an example of the speaker. - It would be right in the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly to raise these issues, to hear just those who take such decisions in the Moldovan parliament, as well as in Ukraine. Let the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly take it and give it an assessment, "Volodin said..