ABSTRACT
In 2009, Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who worked as a legal advisor for the London-based investment fund Hermitage Capital Management, died in custody awaiting trial on suspicion of aiding tax evasion. The anti-US sentiments, as well as pro-Moscow narratives on the 'Ukrainian question' and the Western sanctions dominated the Third International Parlia-mentary Forum. One could hear similar narratives in Strasbourg and Brussels during the debates on the European Parliament's Russia-related resolutions, especially since the beginning of the European Parliament's eighth term in July 2014. Over the years, the European Parliament has adopted a number of resolutions directly and indirectly related to Moscow's political and geopolitical interests. Nowhere has the pro-Russian 'collective performance' of many European ultranationalists been demonstrated more clearly than during the debates over, as well as voting on, the Russia-related resolutions in the European Parliament in 2014-2016.
