The head of the Russian delegation to PACE Alexei Pushkov tried to persuade the Assembly to make a balanced decision on the issue of powers of the Russian Federation.

" The PACE should make a balanced decision. Without Russia will inter-parliamentary dialogue in the European Union more or not more productive? Will this decision falls in the Ukraine? And who will benefit from the end of such a dialogue? What ultimately will prevail - the emotions or the mind? It you are obliged to give a response to this issue, " Pushkov said, speaking at a plenary session of the PACE.

He noticed That a significant part of What is happening in Ukraine, it is the responsibility And guilt of military power in Ukraine.

in PACE in the environment is considered a draft decision on the limitation of powers of the Russian delegation to the Assembly.


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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