[7] He was included in the list of sanctions of the Russian Federation [8] Since 2015, Oleksiy Goncharenko has been a member of the Permanent Delegation of the Verkhovna Rada to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

[9] During his speeches in the Parliamentary Assembly, he criticised Moscow for human rights violations in the temporarily occupied Crimea and parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, fought against Russian propaganda and narratives that the Kremlin planted through its delegates in PACE.

[10] On 9 October 2018, Oleksiy Goncharenko spoke at a meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in large rubber gloves.

He said that without gloves it would be "unsafe to shake hands and touch door handles", hinting at the accusations of Russia in the poisoning of Skripals.

[11] He repeatedly raised the issue of human rights violations in Belarus and the illegal actions of the Lukashenko regime.

During the spring session in PACE in 2022, he actively advocated the creation of an international tribunal that would investigate Russian war crimes in Ukraine.

The PACE Committee on Migration, chaired by him, prepared a special report "An urgent call to Europe and its partners: envisioning immediate and long-term policy solutions in support of the displaced people of Ukraine".

He began to actively cooperate with dozens of international media in order to bring the truth to the world about the real situation in Ukraine, as well as to draw direct attention to the necessary support measures that Western countries can provide.

During the spring session of PACE in April 2022, he advocated holding a special international tribunal for Russian war crimes in Ukraine.

[15] During a visit to London in May 2022, he raised the issue of creating an international tribunal in a conversation with Foreign Minister Liz Truss.

In addition, Goncharenko actively promoted the idea of seizing the assets of Russian oligarchs and using these funds for the benefit of Ukraine.

[16] During the NATO summit in Madrid, he raised the issue of security in Ukraine and in Europe with leading European politicians.

Congressman, co-chair of the Helsinki Commission of the US Congress Steve Cohen, congressman, member of the Helsinki Commission Joe Wilson, MP Oleksiy Goncharenko, member of the Parliament of Great Britain Robert Sealy, head of the Estonian delegation to the PACE Erik Kross, member of the European Parliament from Lithuania Pietras Aushtrevičius, head of the Polish delegation at the Council of Europe Arkadiusz Mulyarczyk.

[27] Goncharenko has repeatedly raised the issue of human rights violations in Belarus in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

The main goal of them is to enable residents of small towns of Ukraine to learn foreign languages for free and improve their skills in other areas of science, art, and provide social activities opportunities.

The centres located in Donbas, and in the Kharkiv region – in the village of Dergachi, as well as in Chernihiv (in these cities the situation was the most difficult due to shelling and the Russian offensive) have worked for as long as it was possible.

[31] A few hours in a televised interview Goncharenko said he "was in a safe place" and Ukrainian prosecutors reported that the people involved in the kidnapping had been detained.

[32] Goncharenko claimed that his abduction was staged by the Ukrainian Security Service so that "separatist, terrorist groups operating in Odesa who planned causing me serious bodily harm" could be arrested.

With this action, Goncharenko protested against the statement of the German Ambassador to Ukraine, Ernst Reichel, who said that the absence of Russian troops was not a prerequisite for holding elections in the Donbas.