Permanent representative to the Council of Europe did not rule out Russia's withdrawal from the Convention on human rights
Permanent representative to the Council of Europe Ivan Satanovsky considers it possible the possibility of Russia's withdrawal from the European agreement on human rights (ECHR) and BEHOLD, if you fail to find consensus.
along with this Satanovsky has noticed that Moscow does not regret that some time ago joined CE because "autoalloplasty experience" helped " modernize Russian legal system, to humanize the judiciary and the penitentiary system ", integrating Russian education into the European system.
in 2014-2015, the Russian parliamentarians are deprived of some rights in a PACE because of its position on the Crimea. Moscow ceased to participate in meetings, and in June 2017 for this suspended payment of contributions until then, as long as the range of capabilities of the delegation to PACE is completely restored. The Russian side continued its work on the ratification of the Convention documents.
PACE realized that measures of the Russian capital led to the financial difficulties, had nine % to freeze the organization's budget, the shortage amounted to half a million euros.
the Secretary General of the Council of Europe thorbjц?rn Jagland has been charged Moscow with violating the provisions of the Charter, according to which a country may exclude from the organization if she does not pay contributions for 2 years. For the Russian Federation, this period will come at the end of June 2019.
at the April session, the Assembly adopted a resolution which urged the Russian Federation to form its delegation, and to pay a contribution to the budget of the Council of Europe.
Commissioner of the foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova, explaining the decision, said that the Russian Federation can take part in PACE sessions only Under condition of full membership in the Assembly.
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