Christina Luna Rodriguez. The Rapporteur for RF powers in PACE Stefan Shan, representing the Assembly's own report, notes that not all of the requirements of the Minsk agreements are fulfilled.

on Wednesday, PACE discussed the report on the credentials of the Russian delegation in PACE.

"However, other requirements package Minsk-2 are not met. If you refer to the text of my report, you'll see that they're clearly described, until now not the withdrawal of foreign troops from the territory of Ukraine ", - shown Speaker.

"And this is directly connected with the principal requirement of the Council of Europe about the fact that Ukraine should be able to observe his own state territory, including the border. It is obliged to determine who It allows to be on the current territory, " he added.

The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat of residents of the region. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict were about 6, 5 thousand people. The settlement of the situation in the Donbass is discussed, as well as among them, during meetings in Minsk contact group, which since September of last year already took 3 of the document governing the steps to de-escalate the conflict.

The last document is dated 12 February - in addition to the ceasefire, withdrawal of heavy weapons And creating a security zone, obliges the Authorities of Ukraine to engage in direct dialogue with the authorized DND AND LNR, for example, on the issue of conduct in local elections, entering into the Constitution of Ukraine of change, involving the decentralization of Power, as well as on the issue of legislative recognition of special status of separate districts of Donetsk And Lugansk regions ".

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