PACE Committee wants to send two missions in the Russian Federation
Christina Moon Rodriguez. PACE wants to send two missions in the Russian Federation: 1st - to study the situation with the Ukrainian pilots Hope Savchenko, who is accused of belonging to the deprivation of life 2 correspondents VGTRK in the Donbass, the Second - on the problem of the Crimea, said Last news the head of the monitoring Board Stefan Shan.
during the winter session of PACE were protested the range of capabilities of the delegation of the Russian Federation. Held after the vote on the draft decision, the PACE was deprived of the delegation of the Russian Federation the right to sit in statutory bodies, the right to participate in missions of observation. The delegation of Russia After the vote went from Strasbourg and said that he was leaving the PACE until the end of the current year.
" We wish to send to the Russian Federation two missions. One will do really Hope Savchenko, " said the Shan." The second mission in the Crimea, four speakers, " said He. The Shan added that another mission have plans to send to the East of Ukraine. He has not said exactly when the Committee plans to send parliamentarians.
Savchenko placed under arrest in Russia from July 2014 on charges of belonging to the deprivation of life 2 correspondents RTR, died during combat operations in the Donbass. Later she was elected a member of the permanent delegation of the Rada in PACE. The very pilot denies all accusations, demanding the return to Ukraine.
on Wednesday, PACE called on the Russian Federation to withdraw all its troops from Ukraine and " to refrain from supplying weapons to the militias ", "without delay to adopt strong measures against the influx of Russian volunteers to participate in the conflict in the East of Ukraine" and demanded from Russia to release Savchenko within 24 hours or give it to a third party.
Kyiv authorities, as well as the US and EU first of many times accused Moscow of interfering in Ukraine. Russia denies it and calls the accusations are unacceptable. Moscow has repeatedly said that is not a party to domestic conflict and uninvolved in the events in the South-East, is interested in Ukraine overcame political and economic crisis.