Russia will not cease to pay the contribution to the Council of Europe, said the head of the delegation
Russia is not considering leaving the Council of Europe and therefore continues to pay his own contribution, said the head of the Russian delegation in PACE and the head of the international Department of the state Duma Alexei Pushkov. He noted that it is impossible to separate the contribution of two - to the Committee of Ministers and the Parliamentary Assembly, in which Russia is not involved.
PACE is the oldest in the EU body of inter-parliamentary cooperation, it was formed at the creation of the Council of Europe in 1949, Russia joined the Council of Europe in 1996. In April PACE because of the situation around Ukraine and Crimea deprived the Russian delegation's voting rights, rights of participation in their statutory bodies and opportunity to work in a group of election observers, for this reason, the delegation of the Russian Federation took a decision not to participate in the June session of PACE.
" The question of Finance may arise only in the case if in the capital of Russia it was decided altogether out of the Council of Europe, " said Pushkov reporters on Thursday. However, He does not see for this purpose, no reason and prospects.
the people's choice added that the Russian Federation entirely pays his own contribution in the Council of Europe's 23 million Euro and may not divide it into two: to the Committee of Ministers and the Parliamentary Assembly.