Pa April 17, bungwe la Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) linavomereza chigamulo chokhudza imfa ya mtsogoleri wotsutsa ku Russia Alexei Navalny. Chikalatacho chinati boma la Russia "kuzunzidwa ndipo potsirizira pake kuphedwa” Navalny chifukwa cholowa nawo gulu lotsutsa boma la Vladimir Putin.
M'chigamulo chake, PACE inanena kuti muulamuliro wa Vladimir Putin, Russia yasanduka ulamuliro wankhanza ndipo boma lolamulira lakhala "adadzipereka kwathunthu kunkhondo yolimbana ndi demokalase“. Ulamuliro wa Vladimir Putin umatsatira malingaliro a neo-imperialist a "Russian World", yomwe Kremlin yasintha kukhala chida choyambitsa nkhondo. Lingaliro limeneli limagwiritsidwa ntchito kuwononga zotsalira za demokalase, kulimbikitsa anthu a ku Russia, ndi kulungamitsa chiwawa chakunja kukulitsa malire a Chitaganya cha Russia kuphatikizapo madera onse omwe kale anali pansi pa ulamuliro wa Russia, kuphatikizapo Ukraine.
Chigamulochi chimanenanso za Tchalitchi cha Russian Orthodox ndi mtsogoleri wawo, kholo lakale wa ku Moscow, Cyril.
Chikalatacho chimadzudzula kholo lakale Cyril, ndipo Tchalitchi cha Russian Orthodox chimafotokozedwa ngati "... kupitiriza kwaulamuliro wa Vladimir Putin, wokhudzidwa ndi zigawenga zankhondo ndi milandu yolimbana ndi anthu yomwe idachitika m'dzina la Russian Federation ndi malingaliro adziko la Russia."
Mawuwo adanenanso kuti Patriarchate ya ku Moscow ndi kholo lakale Cyril amafalitsa malingaliro a "dziko la Russia", kutcha nkhondo yolimbana ndi Ukraine "nkhondo yopatulika ya anthu onse a ku Russia" ndikupempha okhulupirira a Orthodox kuti adzipereke ku Russia.
"PACE ikudabwa ndi nkhanza zotere zachipembedzo ndi kupotozedwa kwa miyambo yachikhristu ya Orthodox ndi boma la Vladimir Putin ndi ma proxies ake ku Moscow Patriarchate,” chigamulocho chinatero.
