Christina Moon Rodriguez. Challenging the authority of one or the other delegation to PACE legitimately, said head Assembly Anne Brasseur, answering the question about the credentials of the Russian delegation.

in April 2014 because of the situation in Ukraine, the Russian delegation in PACE was deprived of the right to vote, the right to participate in the meetings of the statutory bodies and in monitoring the activities of the Assembly. The delegation left the meeting room to restore power. According to the rules of the Assembly for the winter session of the range of capabilities of all delegations updated.

"The suspension of the powers it is not illegal, it is what is provided by the regulation," she said at a press conference.

"We have challenged the range of possibilities," he added Brasseur.

earlier PACE challenged the range of capabilities of different delegations, for example, due to the presence of women.

Brasseur believes that the conclusion about the future relations of the Russian delegation to PACE - in the competence of the national Parliament. She commented on the words of the speaker of the state Duma Sergei Naryshkin in an interview to the newspaper last week. Naryshkin did not rule out that the Russian Federation, if the range of its delegation to the PACE will not be restored at the January session, may leave the Assembly for the year, and then completely stop the membership in the Council of Europe.

Brasseur added that if it is decided not to cooperate with the PACE, it will be the decision of the state Duma. However, she clarified that advocates a dialogue on this issue.

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