NgoAprili 17, iParliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) yamkela isigqibo esiphathelele ukufa kwenkokeli yenkcaso yaseRashiya uAlexei Navalny. Uxwebhu olwamkelweyo lwathi urhulumente waseRashiya "batshutshiswa baza ekugqibeleni babulawa” Navalny ngokujoyina inkcaso kulawulo lukaVladimir Putin.
Kwisigqibo sayo, iPACE yathi phantsi kolawulo lukaVladimir Putin, iRussia iguquke yaba nguzwilakhe kwaye urhulumente olawulayo "uzinikele ngokupheleleyo kumlo ochasene nedemokhrasi“. Ulawulo luka-Vladimir Putin luthobela ingcamango ye-neo-imperialist "yelizwe laseRashiya", apho i-Kremlin iye yajika yaba sisixhobo sokwenza imfazwe. Le ngcamango isetyenziselwa ukutshabalalisa iintsalela zedemokhrasi, ukulwa noluntu lwaseRashiya, kunye nokuthethelela ukuhlaselwa kwangaphandle ukwandisa imida yeRussian Federation ukuze iquke yonke imimandla eyayiphantsi kolawulo lwaseRashiya, kuquka iUkraine.
Esi sigqibo sikwabhekisela kwiCawa yobuOthodoki yaseRashiya nentloko yayo, usolusapho uCyril waseMoscow.
Olu xwebhu lugxeka usolusapho uCyril, kwaye iCawa yobuOthodoki yaseRashiya ichazwa njenge "... ukuqhubekeka kwembono yolawulo lukaVladimir Putin, obandakanyeka kulwaphulo-mthetho lwemfazwe kunye nolwaphulo-mthetho olujoliswe eluntwini olwenziwe egameni leRussian Federation kunye neengcinga zehlabathi zaseRussia."
Isiteyitimenti saphinda sathi uPatriarchate waseMoscow kunye nosolusapho uCyril basasaza ingcamango "yehlabathi laseRashiya", bebiza imfazwe e-Ukraine "imfazwe engcwele yabo bonke abantu baseRashiya" kwaye bacela amakholwa aseOthodoki ukuba azinikele eRashiya.
"I-PACE yothuswa kukuxhatshazwa okunjalo kwenkolo kunye nokugqwethwa kwesiko lobuOthodoki bobuKristu ngurhulumente kaVladimir Putin kunye nabaxhasi bakhe kwi-Patriarchate yaseMoscow,” satsho isigqibo.