French MP Jean-Claude Mignon criticized yesterday in the parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe discussion on elections to the State Duma of Russia and said that the left the meeting room.
"I was Initially of the debate, and I find that it was not up to par ", ? Minion said, RIA " Novosti ".
"I chose to retire because you find that problems are to be solved", - the Deputy stated. Yesterday PACE adopted a resolution which condemned the State Duma elections in Russia, held on 18 September in the Crimea. The Assembly has not recognized the results of these elections, putting the territorial integrity of Ukraine. In the draft decision position on the outcome of the parliamentary elections in Russia originally was not, it was added by an amendment prepared by the Ukrainian delegation to PACE. The resulting voting decisions of PACE are encouraged to continue to " international pressure, including sanctions, until, until will not stop the Russian aggression and will not be reconstructed sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine within internationally recognized borders ". In the accepted document there was a situation about the fact that the PACE may return to this subject at its session in October 2017. Moreover, for the first time in quite a long time the PACE went on what was agreed even change the name of their decisions. In the draft decision, it sounded Like a " political consequences of the conflict in Ukraine ". In the final variant, after the passage of the Ukrainian amendment, the resolution sounds Like " political consequences of Russian aggression in Ukraine." Moscow said the resolution could complicate Russia's return to PACE. As the Senator said, head of the state Duma on international Affairs Alexei Pushkov at the PACE fall session in Strasbourg continues, " a meaningless carnival of Russophobia ", the Assembly, until now did not understand that Russia remains incomplete.

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