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In the State Duma of Russia, the Council of Europe should repay their contributions in three years. They complained that the Russian delegation was no longer participating in the work of the PACE but was paying
The head of the State Duma, Vyacheslav Volodin, said on the airwaves of one of the Russian TV channels that Moscow is expecting a return of about 10 billion rubles, according to Interfax.
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"The sum is high and we of course, the country needs a solution to the citizens' problems, "he said.
Yes, the Russian politician notes that since 2014 the Russian delegation has been deprived of the right to vote, but the country has continued to pay premiums until 2017.
All, Volodin says that Moscow n & # He did not raise the question of the return of the contribution by "decency". At the same time, the Russian politician expressed the hope that future negotiations "would include discussions on this topic".
Now that the PACE discussion continues with the participation of the Russian delegation, of course we have an excuse to ask this question and say, "Let's think about how you will get that money back"
– added the head of the State Duma
. In addition, Volodin repeated the traditional Kremlin rhetoric "The Council of Europe would not exist without Russia."
"The withdrawal of Russia from the Council of Europe will not be such a structure, because there is the European Union, Council of Europe: Here is the Council of Europe. Europe, it is unequivocally linked to the presence of Russia.If Russia does not exist, there will be no PACE, there will be no Council of Europe, "he believes."
Why Russia is not in the PACE? Parliament The Assembly of the Council of Europe is a international organization composed of 47 member states Membership is open to all European countries recognizing the rule of law.The structure of the Council of Europe includes the Committee of Ministers, the Council of Europe and the Council of Europe. Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights One of the biggest successes of the Council is the 1950 Convention on the Protection of Human Rights. human rights and fundamental freedoms. 9011] In 2018, PACE refused to vote for a change in the sanctioning rules applicable to Russia and postponed the decision on this for the next year. Therefore, Russia could not resume its participation in the organization by the end of 2018. In addition, the Secretary General of the organization Torbjørn Jagland said that Russia could be excluded from the Council of Europe due to non-payment of contributions. In Russia, on the other hand, Russia believes that there is no future without Russia.
On 24 April 2018, PACE decided that Russia occupied parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. PACE, for example, amended the wording of the resolution, which stated the occupation of the Donbass regions not controlled by Ukraine and the "effective management" of these territories by the Russian Federation. The same year, on June 28, the PACE approved a resolution condemning the torture and inappropriate conditions for the detention of Ukrainian political prisoners in Russia, as well as requests for the release of Ukrainians from Russian prisons.
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