Participation of the Russian Federation in the PACE
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Chairman of the State Duma: PACE representatives to observe elections to the State Duma
Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin told journalists about that agreement. “I invited representatives of the PACE to observe the upcoming elections to the State Duma,” he said. ...
Petr Tolstoy: Russia will not implement PACE’s politicized decisions
“I would like to remind our esteemed European colleagues that Alexei Navalny has been convicted of fraud. All attempts to present him as a political prisoner and a martyr, as they have already...
Viacheslav Volodin called the PACE resolution on Crimea biased and offensive
Earlier, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted a resolution according to which Russia should not apply its legislation in Crimea. PACE also reaffirmed “non-recognition of...
Petr Tolstoy: Russia has fulfilled all the obligations undertaken when it joined the Council of Europe
The Russian Federation had fulfilled all the obligations undertaken when Russia became a member of the Council of Europe in 1996, as said Deputy Chairman of the State Duma, PACE Vice-President,...
The Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation received the PACE delegation
On June 28, the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation held a meeting with the co-rapporteurs of the Commission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on the fulfillment...
Sergei Kislyak: Russian delegation’s credentials in PACE confirmed in full
Credentials of the Russian delegation at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe have been approved without limitations, reported First Deputy Chair of the Federation Council...
Members of the Federation Council took part in the PACE Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy meeting
First Deputy Chair of the Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs Sergei Kislyak and First Deputy Chair of the Federation Council Committee on Defence and Security Vladimir Kozhin took...
Sergei Kislyak: PACE states’ parliament members must coordinate their steps to counter the pandemic
First Deputy Chair of the Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs Sergei Kislyak and First Deputy Chair of the Federation Council Committee on Defence and Security Vladimir Kozhin...
Leonid Slutskiy: discussion on the situation in Belarus at PACE was politicized
Today, the PACE Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy discussed the current situation in Belarus, as said the Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs. “The...
Petr Tolstoy urged PACE members to cooperate in investigation of the incident with Alexey Navalny
Deputy Chairman of the State Duma, head of the Russian delegation to PACE and Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Petr Tolstoy, following the meeting of...
Members of the State Duma met with Secretary General of the Council of Europe Marija Pejčinović Burić
“We discussed several issues of concern to the Russian parliamentary delegation to PACE and also issues related to cooperation between Russia and the Council of Europe, considered as the main...
Petr Tolstoy: language discrimination is disgrace for modern Europe
PACE prefers not to notice violations of the rights of millions of Russian-speaking citizens in Ukraine, and the reaction Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe Dunja Mijatović...
Petr Tolstoy: level of protection of religious rights and rights of national minorities in Russia is much higher than the standards of the Council of Europe
Deputy Chairman of the State Duma, PACE Vice-President and head of the Russian delegation to the Assembly said that the practice of double standards could lead to a new crisis between Russia and...
Address of the CSTO PA to the parliaments of the Council of Europe member states on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Victory over Nazism in World War II
In 2020, the peoples of the world celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Victory over Nazism in World War II. For the CSTO member states, this is a special commemorative date of the Victory in...
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the 129th Session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, Helsinki, May 17, 2019
Mr Chairman, Mr Secretary General, Ladies and gentlemen, The Council of Europe was established 70 years ago to forever preclude the possibility of war through strengthening the unity of...
Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko’s answer to TASS News Agency
Question: In recent years, Russian diplomacy has undertaken consistent efforts to help the Council of Europe emerge from a protracted institutional crisis. The ministerial meeting held in...
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova's answer to a media question on Russian Federation membership fee payment to the Council of Europe for 2017−2018
Question: Can you comment on the information that the Russian Federation will pay its outstanding fee to the budget of the Council of Europe? Maria Zakharova: As you know, after the...
Russia’s Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe Ivan Soltanovsky’s interview with the TASS news agency, December 19, 2019
Question: What do you think of the results of the outgoing year, which was marked by Russian delegation’s return to PACE? Ivan Soltanovsky: The Council of Europe has managed to largely...
On 36th session of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe
On April 1-4 a Russian delegation headed by Governor of Leningrad Region Alexander Drozdenko took part in 36 th session of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of...
Russian delegation takes part in 36th session of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe
A Russian delegation headed by Alexander Drozdenko, Governor of the Leningrad Region, vice-president of the Chamber of the Regions and member of the Bureau of the Congress takes part in 36 th ...