The Sejm of the Republic of Poland recognized the Russian Federation as a state that supports terrorism and uses terrorist measures.

This is stated in the text of the resolution adopted by the Seimas on Wednesday, December 14.

As the chamber stated in the document, Russia "systematically violates human rights, international law and the UN Charter and a number of other obligations", "attacks the territory of other countries, commits armed attacks, war crimes and genocide" and "conducts hostile actions".

economic activity, in particular in the field of energy".

As the Seimas noted in the resolution, Russia bears "direct responsibility for the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight (MH17) in July 2014, when 298 passengers and crew members died," as well as for "the crash of the Polish Air Force plane (Flight 101) in Smolensk in April 2010 during which 96 people died, including the President of the Republic of Poland Lech Kaczyński, Polish government officials, senior military commanders of Poland and NATO, as well as members of the Polish Parliament.

"The brutal and illegal aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine continues. The Russian military is shelling the entire territory of the occupied country, as a result of which thousands of people, including many children, have died. The Russian Federation and its armed structures and formations are carrying out acts of terror against civilian infrastructure, mass executions and abductions, sexual violence and torture, separation of children from families for the purpose of Russification, mass deportations of the population, forced conscription into the army. Citizens of Ukraine to the Russian armed forces and theft of property. Russia repeatedly violates the Geneva Convention on the Treatment of Prisoners of War," the MEPs write .

The Seimas also stated that the Russian Federation had committed an act of international piracy, "armamentally blocking Ukrainian ports and paralyzing sea traffic on the routes leading to them, without declaring war."

"By burning and looting Ukrainian lands and not allowing Ukraine to export agricultural products for a long time, Russia brought the specter of hunger to many countries in Africa and Asia," the Chamber emphasized.

The Chamber supported an independent and sovereign Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders, positively assessed the resolution of the Senate recognizing the Russian Federation as a terrorist regime and the resolution of the European Parliament recognizing the Russian Federation as a state that supports terrorism.

MEPs also called on the European Commission, other EU institutions and all UN member states to adhere to this point of view and take the necessary measures to stop Russian aggression and punish the aggressor.

"The Russian Federation should be isolated in the international arena," the Diet emphasized.

The deputies also called on the Council of Ministers to continue and expand actions aimed at introducing further sanctions packages against Russia and persons who support the Putin regime, as well as further support for Ukraine in the fight against the aggressor country.

The Seimas called on the international community to develop a mechanism for paying war reparations to Ukraine and compensation to states, organizations and individuals who suffered losses in connection with the war.

"The Sejm of the Republic of Poland recognizes the Russian Federation as a state that supports terrorism and uses terrorist measures," the resolution reads.

Let us add that the Senate of the Czech Republic recognized the Holodomor as a genocide of Ukrainians.

It will be recalled that it was previously reported that the administration of US President Joe Biden is working on recognizing Russia as a "state sponsor of terrorism".

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