The parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) failed abjectly on the issue of protection of human rights in Ukraine, believes head of the state Duma on international Affairs Alexei Pushkov.

"We sent the PACE photos of the massacre in Odessa, strangled, killed, murdered by shots in the face. And you think, what was the answer? Was lethargic the call for an inquiry, all. PACE failed abjectly on the issue of protection of human rights in Ukraine. I was only talking about Odessa, And the Donbass - also in practice nothing was done, "- said Pushkov in an Open tribune in the state Duma on the theme " 20 years in the Council of Europe: lessons And prospects ".

"in these conditions We had to admit that the PACE in favor of geopolitics, the geopolitical line, which was adopted by the EU And NATO, PACE donated all the principles that it was intended to defend. This is also in the history of the parliamentary Assembly, " he added.

review the MP, Ukraine in PACE runs as an untouchable one." To what extent had the jaws of a majority in PACE to make Ukraine the untouchables." he added.

The Ukrainian authorities in April of last year began military action against the self-proclaimed LNR AND DND. According to the final data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 8 thousand people.

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