Moscow has officially notified the PACE about temporary suspension of cooperation with it and about the refusal to participate in the summer session of the Assembly, said the head of the Department of the state Duma on international Affairs Alexei Pushkov.

" the Russian delegation will not participate in the June session of the parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. We were interrupted by the interaction with the Assembly - at that time, as long as there are penalties against our delegation. About it on may 26 was received information the member of the Presidential Department of the PACE, Chairman of the group " ibraevich " Teenie coke, when He visited the capital of Russia and met with Chairman of the state Duma Sergei Naryshkin, " said Pushkov in an interview to the newspaper.

He said that Naryshkin also sent a letter to the PACE President Anne Brasseur.

" the message is the broad justification of Russia's position in the Crimea and the Ukrainian crisis, criticized the PACE's decision to deprive the Russian delegation of certain powers and reported about the fact that We do not refuse dialogue, but reject the language of punishment, because they make the interaction is impossible. The head of the state Duma expressed readiness to visit Strasbourg and play there, but only After the restoration of the powers of the Russian delegation, " said Pushkov.

in April, PACE adopted anti-Russian resolution in connection with joining of Crimea to Russia and robbed the Russian Parliament the right to vote, to participate in the work of the governing bodies of the Assembly and its observation missions before the end of 2014. After this, the State Duma passed the message on impossibility to resume the dialogue within the framework of the PACE, until relatively Russia there are penalties.

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