The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) itself came to an end, abandoning the principles of parliamentarism. Therefore, one should not pay attention to the words of the politicians of this "obsolete political structure". This was stated by the deputy head of the international committee of the Council of Federation, the head of the Federation Council on the protection of state sovereignty Andrei Klimov. "Recently, she (PACE) has evolved from a parliamentary organization into a bad communal with swaras where nothing else happens. They bury themselves. If we leave the PACE, I believe that many more will come out, "Klimov said in an interview with RIA Novosti on Friday, November 9.. In his opinion, the PACE is driving the aggressive minority, therefore only Russia is on the agenda, albeit in the Baltic republics, and in Ukraine there is a constant violation of human rights.. At the same time, Moscow is required to pay membership dues to the organization, in which it has no voting rights..

However, the position of the Russian Federation is clear and firm: until the PACE Statutes are amended to protect the rights of national delegations, Russia will consider itself free from obligations to the Council of Europe and its institutions.. Earlier, the CE Secretary General stated that he could raise the issue of excluding the Russian Federation from an association if it does not pay the budget contributions in full.. In response, Moscow warned that they are ready to leave the Council of Europe.