The Russian delegation will not participate in the June session of the parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. About it has told the head of the international Department of the state Duma Alexei Pushkov." We may temporarily interrupted 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. About the same is explicitly reported in the letter Naryshkin was sent several days ago the PACE President Anne Brasseur, " said he." in 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 cooperation possible, " explained Pushkov.

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