Contributions of Russia, envisaged for financing the work of the Parliamentary Assembly in 2018, are frozen and unfreeze them, it does not intend to. This on Thursday, September 14, said Deputy Speaker of the State Duma of Russia Peter Tolstoy.

At the same time, he specified that the amount of contributions is about 11 million euros. Russia froze contributions to PACE, because it refused to participate in the work of the assembly.

Such a decision was made in connection with the organization's discriminatory policy, "the Russian politician said, adding that until the rules of the Assembly's work are changed, it makes no sense to participate in it.

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, the Russian Federation can temporarily deny membership in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe for non-payment of membership fees to the Council of Europe. Speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin said that Russia has blocked payment to the CE budget for 2017.