PACE decided to discuss the Ukrainian crisis at the autumn session without taking the final decision
A statutory body of the PACE Bureau supported the proposal to hold in the autumn session of the debate on the crisis in Ukraine, said the employee of the staff of the Assembly after the meeting. according to him, the Ukrainian crisis will aluminates to PACE the session as part of an ongoing debate, without taking the final decision. Rapporteur for the topic will be the Austrian Stefan Schonach, RIA " Novosti ". The office also supported the proposal to hold a discussion on the provisions of the " Islamic state ". The Assembly wishes to consider this topic in the context of the danger to the Christian and other faiths. The Rapporteur for the topic until not assigned. It is noteworthy that in the present session, the delegation of Russia for the second time this year does not participate after the decision of the Assembly in April to deny her the right to vote, the right to participate in the work of the statutory bodies for the position in the Crimea. So, the next discussion of the situation in Ukraine (one of them was held in June) will take place without the presence of the Russian delegation. As said the head of the Department of the state Duma international Affairs, head of the Russian delegation Alexei Pushkov, a Russian delegation will attend the January session of the PACE, but will continue in 2015, only after the abolition of the punishment. However, the Deputy head of the Russian delegation in PACE Leonid Slutsky said that PACE during the autumn session can take real steps to restore cooperation with Moscow.