State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation: Russian Federation is not going to come back to Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Russian Federation will not return to Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and will not resume payment contributions while Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe will not restore completely the right of national delegation of our country. It was declared by the speaker of State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin. In the afternoon its meeting with the head of parliament Finland Paula Sinikka Risikko where this question became one of the main took place. Vyacheslav Volodin noted that Russian Federation does not demand the special status, but insists on equality of all delegations...