A new Rapporteur for the monitoring of Russia's obligations in PACE will be assigned in the middle of this year, said Last news Source in the Russian delegation.

Russia joined the Council of Europe in 1996 and took on his own shoulders a number of obligations. Since then, its obligations are regularly monitored through the reports of the PACE. The last time this report was considered in October 2012.

A source in the Russian delegation confirmed that the current Rapporteur on Russia Andreas gross " is not elected in the national Parliament and will be the New leader of the socialist group, the New co-Rapporteur for the monitoring of Russia ".

" Who will be the new co-Rapporteur, at the present time it is difficult to predict this issue will be resolved in the middle of the year ", - said the head of the Department.

along With this, according to him, " one of the contenders for the head of sitzgruppe is the current head of the Council on the monitoring of the Austrian Stefan Shan ".

The Shan became widely known in the autumn of last year, when showed in the PACE report on the Ukrainian crisis.

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