The delegation of Russia does not participate in the meeting of the PACE Bureau
The delegation of Russia adopted in April punishment does not participate in the meeting of the authorized body of the PACE Bureau, told reporters the head of the state Duma's CIS Affairs Leonid Slutsky, who came from the delegation of the Russian Federation.
"We are deprived of the authority to participate in the governing bodies, for this reason, at the meeting of the Bureau in our no," said Slutsky correspondents.
on the first day of the week winter session opens PACE.
in April 2014 because of the situation in Ukraine, the Russian delegation in PACE was deprived of the right to vote, the right to participate in the meetings of the statutory bodies and in monitoring the activities of the Assembly. The delegation left the meeting room to restore power. According to the rules of the Assembly for the winter session of the range of capabilities of all delegations updated.
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