The Russian delegation may participate in the June session of the parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, said the head of the state Duma on international Affairs Leonid Slutsky. "We will go, if the PACE regulation Committee 3 June and the Assembly itself in the 1st day of the session will take its rightful conclusion about the illegality of the use of punishments to national delegations. Will also require technical amendments to confirm the authority not only in January but throughout the year, " he told reporters. According to the Deputy, currently going dialogue with the relevant political groups." for example, not so long ago had a conversation with the leader of the United left Teenie Coke, " said he, adding that the results of the meeting of the regulatory division may also pass a meeting of Russian parliamentarians with the guidance of PACE. Slutsky noticed that as long as the tone and nature of discussions say about the increasing likelihood of adopting constructive solutions." It is necessary not only Russia, It ought to most importantly the Council of Europe To maintain its role in the new architecture of the XXI century ", - he added. the people's Deputy also reminded that the session will be the election of the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe. According to Slutsky, the participation in them of Russia it is important To continue legitimate cooperation with the organization. in 2014, the Russian delegation in PACE was deprived of voting rights and several other powers because of the events in Ukraine and the reunification of the Crimea with Russia. In the future punishment further tightened. Moscow said about the impossibility of operating in such conditions and ceased to participate in meetings, and in mid-2017 announced that the freeze of payments to the budget of the Council of Europe, as long as the range of capabilities of the delegation is fully restored. PACE realized that these measures led to financial difficulties and had to freeze the budget at nine percent, the shortage amounted to half a million euros. In this case, if the country does not pay contributions for 2 years, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe may consider the issue of its exclusion from the organization. For the Russian Federation, this period begins at the end of June. Russia, on its part, offered to make regulations in position about the fact that no one has the right to deprive a national of the delegation of authority. at the April session of the current year, the PACE urged Moscow to form a delegation and also to pay a fee. According to the head of foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, the final point in the crisis has the ability to be delivered in the summer session. <span style="color:darkgray