Members of the parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Themselves insulated from Russia, says the head of the Department of international Affairs of the state Duma Alexei Pushkov.
"Saying that" did not understand " why he left Russia in PACE make a good face on a bad and short-sighted game. Themselves insulated from Russia, " he wrote in his own microblog century
above the Head of the Department of international Affairs of the state Duma Alexei Pushkov, the departure of Russia PACE has been thrown by the wayside in the resolution of issues related to the Ukrainian crisis.
on Wednesday, the PACE has deprived the Russian delegation's voting rights, the right to be represented in statutory bodies and the right to participate in the monitoring mission. The head of the delegation Alexei Pushkov said that the Russian Federation PACE leaves before the end of the year. The decision of the Russian Federation to leave Strasbourg surprised PACE, certain deputies to the end and did not understand why the delegation left.
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