The head of the parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Anne Brasseur said regrets that the Russian delegation will not participate in the summer session, which is expected to debate on the crisis on Ukraine. Brasseur said that " the parliamentary platform and was conceived in order to exchange views "." I insisted that they (the delegation of the Russian Federation) have arrived, but they decided in the Duma not to come, what I find sad, " she said, reports RIA " Novosti ". According to Brasseur, the forthcoming discussion of the political and humanitarian aspects of the situation in Ukraine is extremely important." In order to deal with this crisis, we must pay attention, most importantly, on its humanitarian aspect ", - she said, noting that in this situation that has developed in Ukraine, " affect the civilian population, and we must find a solution in order to protect him ". For his part, speaker of the state Duma Sergey Naryshkin said that PACE works not as democratic and as a repressive organization." Our delegation is deprived of the vote in the PACE - if it is not democratic, but some other organization, repressive dissent ", - Naryshkin said. He said that on a number of Russian deputies were imposed and the so-called " personal punishment, contrary to the principles of parliamentary democracy. According to him, now you can see the unprecedented attempts to limit freedom of information, but also the parliamentary dialogue. First head of the delegation Head of the state Duma on international Affairs Alexei Pushkov said that in June and October Russia will not take part in PACE sessions, if the range of opportunities of the Russian delegation will not restore. Before that, the Brasseur addressed to the speaker of the state Duma Sergei Naryshkin with a petition about the participation of the Russian delegation at the June session of the organization with limited powers. In response Naryshkin has confirmed its position " on the need for restoration of full powers of the Russian delegation in PACE - as a mandatory condition for the resumption of full-fledged work in this organization Russian parliamentarians ". In an open letter dated may 28, Naryshkin said he was surprised that PACE sees no affinity euromayday and Arab spring, and also made the initiative to restore the Russian delegation's rights is to find an effective solution Ukrainian fall. Remember, April 10 the delegation of Russia was stripped of voting rights in PACE until the end of the year in connection with the annexation of Crimea. In addition, the Assembly decided on excluding Russia from the governing bodies of the PACE until the end of the current year.
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