With the departure of Russia PACE has been thrown by the wayside in the resolution of issues related To the Ukrainian crisis, the head of Department for international Affairs of the state Duma Alexei Pushkov.

" From the PACE now nothing depends. The curtain, " he wrote in his own microblog on Twitter.


The loss of authority of the Russian delegation to PACE has been the subject of closing on the last working day of the week in Strasbourg winter session of the Assembly. The PACE was surprised by the decision of the Russian Federation to leave Strasbourg, certain deputies to the end and did not understand why the delegation left.

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