The Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation is not satisfied with the report of the Commissioner of the Council of Europe

The Russian foreign Ministry called the report of the Council of Europe's Commissioner for human rights Nile Muiznieks on the results of the September trip to Ukraine and the Russian Federation, including Crimea, biased and one-sided.
" despite the assurances of the Commissioner, he could not sustain this document in neutral and defend politicized and confrontational and biased estimates, as well as among them on issues that are beyond the powers of its mandate ", - reported in the explanatory notes published on the Internet representation offices. For example, the foreign Ministry called inappropriate language Commissioner about the ownership of the Crimea to Ukraine." the story is about the reference to the well-known and not supported by the Russian Federation of April, the decision of the division of Ministers of the Council of Europe with the " condemnation " of " illegal referendum in Crimea and Sevastopol and their " illegal annexation " and supporting the law of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine " on occupied territories ". The Ministry has questioned the methodology of preparation of the report, as well as " far-reaching, pretending to globalism, the findings, which are due in a few isolated cases, which, according to the Agency, the Commissioner was announced after the end of his visit. Foreign Ministry accuses Commissioner in ignoring the information provided by the Russian side, as well as measures to maintain the rights of Crimean citizens as citizens of Russia. In addition, according to the Agency, the meeting of the Commissioner with the inhabitants of the Peninsula was selective, that is, in the opinion of the authorized foreign Ministry, says a biased position. The Ministry also considered inappropriate section of the report about some " access of international humanitarian and human rights organizations, Recalling that the Russian Federation is not bound by the international obligation to grant any intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations access to its territory." Agree with Muiznieks that " the issue of access in the region is not obliged to politicized, Urge the Commissioner to follow this thesis and to adhere to its mandate. Urge the Commissioner to fill this " gap "that would be more objective in his assessments of the true situation in the field of human rights in Ukraine ", - said in the report. The Ministry told that Muiznieks report affirmed by the Commissioner from the beginning of the Ukrainian drop " one-sided position regarding the events in the brotherly country, in fact the complete disregard of them large-scale violations of human rights and international humanitarian law, as well as among them in the South-East ". In addition, the Russian foreign Ministry expressed concern backroom reform of the Ukrainian Constitution." in April, Kiev took on his own shoulders the obligation under the Geneva Declaration of Russia, Ukraine, the USA and the EU to immediately start a broad national dialogue with the participation of all regions and political forces of Ukraine for the implementation of the constitutional reform, " said the Ministry. However, According to the authorized Foreign Ministry, " the work on the reform of the Constitution to the present time is in secret, behind closed doors, without proper lighting in the media and is absolutely necessary in such cases, extensive discussions in all regions of the country with the participation of independent experts and public organizations ". Attempts backstage and behind-the-scenes decisions Kiev issues related to the constitutional structure of the country, will not bring the expected results in the normalization of the situation in the country, according to the Ministry.

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