Russian deputies in the current situation with the PACE intensifying inter-parliamentary cooperation on other European sites - assemblies of the OSCE and the Mediterranean countries, said a member of the Department of the Federation Council international Affairs Igor Morozov.

on Wednesday, 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 Alexei Pushkov said that the Russian Federation PACE leaves before the end of the year. According to him, at the end of the year will be to address the question of Russian membership in the Council of Europe.

" We won't stand still. Currently all parliamentary activity, We will move to the site of the OSCE parliamentary Assembly, the parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean countries and will be with these sites to maintain an active dialogue on European issues. The 1st and foremost, it security architecture - How it can enhance the activation of NATO, " said Morozov at a press conference on Thursday.

according to him, Western Europe is in fact closed for the Russian Federation is very active dialogue platform PACE and thereby narrowed access to alternative information, a different perspective from your partner. In General political, parliamentary cooperation between Russia and Europe very strongly narrowed ", said the Senator.

As complicated Relations of the Russian capital and PACE

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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