Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Chair for his understanding. The ambassador is most welcome. I will keep my questions short because a number of questions I had wanted to ask have been asked already.

I listened with interest to the ambassador's responses around the escalation and the commitment to a diplomatic route but what I have not heard is how Russia intends to use the Presidency of the UN Security Council to achieve that. If the ambassador could give us an outline on that, that would be very helpful.

I read recently of a report dating back to last September regarding the parliamentary elections in Russia involving Apple and Google acquiescing to the demands of the Russian Government in terms of the removal of apps and the removal of YouTube videos. On Russia's foreign policy, could the ambassador indicate to us "the level of truth" perhaps is the correct term there is in Russia seeking to develop its own sovereign Internet?