Pushkov: Ukraine the biggest losers from Russia's withdrawal from PACE

Ukraine the biggest losers from the fact that the Russian delegation left the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), said the head of the international Department of the state Duma and the head of the Russian delegation to the Assembly Alexei Pushkov.

last week, the PACE has deprived the Russian delegation's voting rights until April, thereby extending introduced last April penalties because of the situation in Ukraine. The head of the delegation Pushkov said that the Russian Federation leaves the Assembly before the end of the year. A great contribution to the preparation of the decision on deprivation of Russia voice made the Ukrainian delegation. The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko later expressed gratitude PACE for the support of Ukraine.

" The biggest losers are those who are most expresses joy to our care who thinks it's his great victory.(Ukrainian President Peter Poroshenko even expressed gratitude to the head of the PACE Anne Brasseur because they were taken punishment in regard to Russia. Most lost to Ukraine, "Pushkov said in the program" Sunday night with Vladimir Solovyov " on the channel.

in his vision, Ukraine lost because the PACE is expected to have an impact on the Russian Federation.

" It is hoped through PACE to achieve pressure on us (pilots Hope) Savchenko, on the East of Ukraine, in the Crimea. That is, to apply it in their own political purposes. We went, and in Kiev have already begun to understand that in all these positions, they lost the PACE As a tool. That is, Ukraine has lost, but they are so in this anti-rage that don't understand it, they are Like children, " Pushkov explained.

As complicated Relations of the Russian capital and PACE

Relations between Russia and the parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe have cooled in April 2014 after the adoption of the PACE of the decision to deprive the Russian delegation's voting rights, rights to participate in the meeting of statutory bodies and participation in monitoring activities of Assembly due to the position of the capital of Russia in the Crimea. The Russian delegation left the meeting room to restore power. Read more about deprive Russia of the right to vote in PACE


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