Russia's refusal to pay fees in full resulted in financial difficulties in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). This is stated in the resolution of the permanent commission of the organization. "Budget of the Assembly for 2018. is less than 17.5 million euros, "the document says.. The authors of the resolution note that the budget deficit of the organization is now 1.5 million euros. At the same time, it is stressed that "the refusal of the Russian Federation to pay the first third of its contribution in accordance with the budget of 2018. "complicates the financial situation of the PACE," RIA Novosti ".

At the same time, the Assembly is extremely unhappy with the fact that, because of Russia, they have to audit their expenses and carry out serious cuts in the budget "already significantly weakened" over the past decade. In the summer of 2017 g. Moscow warned PACE that since 2018. will only partially transfer the contributions to the institutions of the Council of Europe until the Russian delegation is fully restored. This was a response to the decision of the European Parliament to prohibit representatives of Russia from voting at PACE sessions because of Moscow's position in the Crimea.