Speaker of the Russian State Duma said that the PACE was acting as a repressive organization. He reminded that Russia had been deprived of the vote right at the PACE in April over the situation in Ukraine and Crimea, RIA Novosti reports.Russia will not attend the June session of the organization.Speaking at the Third International Parliamentary Forum, he noted that a whole set of Russian legislators were hit by “personal sanctions,” which, in his words, were against principles of parliamentary democracy.
Speaker of the Russian State Duma said that the PACE was acting as a repressive organization. He reminded that Russia had been deprived of the vote right at the PACE in April over the situation in Ukraine and Crimea, RIA Novosti reports.
Russia will not attend the June session of the organization.
Speaking at the Third International Parliamentary Forum, he noted that a whole set of Russian legislators were hit by “personal sanctions,” which, in his words, were against principles of parliamentary democracy.
