The situation with a multimillion-dollar budget deficit organizations were called "not the most rosy". Such an assessment of the European moss was given in her report on the work of the PACE Bureau by Lillian Mori Pasquier. All financial misfortunes, it turns out, come from Moscow and Ankara, believe in Strasbourg. "We see that Turkey refused the status at the end of 2017 of the main payer. The payment of Russia's membership fees has been suspended, "the RIA Novosti quotes the rapporteur. According to her, this situation led to a budget deficit of the organization of € 18 million. "Given the budgetary situation, the Bureau of the Assembly may be compelled to reconsider all our priorities and working methods globally," - came to the disappointing conclusion of Pasquier. She called on all PACE member states to fulfill their obligations, which they promised when they joined the organization. "Participation in the Council of Europe also means significant financial support and active participation in the work of the Council of Europe," summed up the Swiss deputy. In Moscow, the crying of Strasbourg has already been commented upon, assuming that there are illogical thinking there, and the decision of our country, which refused to contribute to the assembly, was called correct. This opinion was expressed by a member of the Council on Interethnic Relations under the President of the Russian Federation Bogdan Bezpalko. "PACE is generally a paradoxical option, because it is the organization that constantly passes resolutions condemning Russia, and immediately complains that Russia does not finance it. It's absurd, it's an oxymoron of some kind! And we are all in sound mind, therefore, to finance an organization that denies Russia sovereignty over its territory, no one will, at least, consider it inappropriate, "Bezpalko stressed..

Recall that in 2014-2015 after the accession of the Crimea to the European Parliament at the sessions of the PACE adopted resolutions on which our delegation was deprived of the right to vote during the discussion of topical issues of the agenda. Also, we were deprived of the opportunity to participate in the work of statutory bodies and monitoring of elections.

In response, Moscow froze part of the payments to the Council of Europe budget until the powers of the Russian delegation are fully restored. In turn, the PACE is not the first to complain about the emaciated European parliamentary treasury, the last time it happened in March this year.