The parliamentary Assembly is afraid of the withdrawal of Russia from the Council of Europe, but at present the initiative in this matter for the Russian side, says 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 then it will look at the question of the withdrawal of Russia from the Council of Europe, the member of which she began in 1996.
" currently, we have the initiative. Want to stay. If we are going to put in a discriminatory position - We are gone. And they are very afraid that We will leave the Council of Europe, "Pushkov said in the program" Sunday night with Vladimir Solovyov "on the channel" Russia 1 ".
according to him, Europe is Already the calls for Russia to think about returning to work at the PACE." Already went signals: " We have deprived you of the right to vote And be represented in the governing bodies of PACE only until April, at two to three months. Has the ability to be, you will return? We will revisit this issue, " Pushkov explained.
the head Assembly Anne Brasseur have said before, that the parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe does not close the door in front of the Russian delegation, And expressed hope that the Russian Federation will remain in the Council of Europe, as it is part of Europe.
reviews Puchkova, PACE, without Russia " organization that will engage in mindless shaking of the air "." We are a key country in Europe And from the perspective of relations with the European Union, And from the perspective of the decision of the Ukrainian fall. Even the situation in the Caucasus - Georgia, Abkhazia, South Ossetia
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