Meeting Naryshkin, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe rescheduled for November 28
Meeting of the state Duma speaker Sergei Naryshkin, the Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbj?rn Jagland, moved from 26 to 28 November, informs the press service of the state Duma on Tuesday.
The meeting will be held in the capital of Russia in the state Duma.
in April the PACE for the position of the capital of Russia in the Crimea has deprived the Russian delegation's voting rights, rights to participate in the meeting of statutory bodies and participation in monitoring activities of the Assembly. The delegation left the meeting room to restore power. The range of capabilities of all delegations are updated every year, for this reason, the deprivation of voting rights is effective only until the end of the year. At the session in January, the range of opportunities to all delegations by tradition is confirmed again.
first Naryshkin sure that the PACE is a chance to realize their potential and to become one of the key institutions overcome common European fall of the trust. For this purpose, according to his vision, it is necessary not only to update the agenda, but also to guarantee the equality of all delegations and parliamentarians, excluding any scheduled lead To bureaucratic " Stripping " objectionable topics and proposals.
The US and EU do not recognize the annexation of Crimea to Russia and accuse Moscow of interfering in Ukraine. Russia denies it and calls the accusations are unacceptable. Western countries since March has repeatedly imposed punishment on a number of Russian politicians, businessmen and organizations and threatened to make wider restrictive measures. The last case of the use of such practices began in September punishment.
A complete list of Russian Citizens and organizations who are under punishment, -