. The debt of Russia to the Council of Europe is about 60 million Euro, confirmed Last news the press-Secretary of the CE Secretary General Daniel of Holtgen. Answering clarifying question, Holten showed that " it is presumably this figure ". before the Minister for foreign Affairs of Finland, the presiding country until may of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, Timo Soini, said Last news on the sidelines of the world economic forum in Davos, Helsinki hopes to find consensus on the return of Russia to the Council of Europe, and also to pay a debt of the Russian capital in the amount of 60 million euros. In the spring of 2014 the Russian Federation was deprived of voting rights and other powers in PACE because of the situation in Ukraine and the reunification of the Crimea with Russia. In the coming year, the Assembly has twice discussed the restoration of the authority of Russia, but in the end, punishment is only increased. then Russia refused to work at PACE in these conditions. In the next two years Russia has tried to be accredited. In the summer of 2017, it was announced that Moscow has suspended payment of contributions to the budget of the Council of Europe. At the same time Russia is one of the main payers. Together with this Moscow urged to secure a position that nobody has the right to deprive the delegation of powers. In the fall of 2018 Council of Europe Secretary General thorbjørn Jagland recalled that after two years of non-payment of contributions the country have the opportunity to remove from the organization. That time will come in the Summer of 2019. in mid-January, state Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said that Russian Federation suspends payment In the current year. The amount was supposed to be about 30 million euros. While foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Moscow wants to remain in the Council of Europe and ready to go just in case, if other countries decide to exclude it. Against this background, Russia has continued work on the adoption of the conventions of the Council of Europe. <span style="color:darkgray