Russia may demand 10 billion rubles from PACE
The Russian State Duma calculated the amount of contributions that the country paid to the Council of Europe (CE), while being deprived of the right to vote in PACE. According to State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, we are talking about ten billion rubles.
On the TV channel "Russia 24" Volodin pointed out that Moscow is one of the largest payers to the Council of Europe. Each year she contributed about 32,5 million euros. According to him, the Council of Europe should return money to the Russian people for the period when the delegation of the Russian Federation was deprived of authority, and contributions continued to flow.
The politician noted that for all these years Russia has not been given the opportunity to fully work in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Moscow intends to raise the issue of money back in the near future, he added. Moreover, the discussion on the participation of the Russian delegation in this structure has now intensified in PACE.
- stressed the speaker of the lower house of parliament.
For his part, State Duma deputy Aleksey Zhuravlev, leader of the Rodina party, on his Twitter page spoke even more sharply:
At present, Russia does not pay contributions to the Council of Europe, since the country's delegation is still deprived of the right to fully participate in PACE. This situation arose because the West accuses Moscow of what is happening in Ukraine.
On the TV channel "Russia 24" Volodin pointed out that Moscow is one of the largest payers to the Council of Europe. Each year she contributed about 32,5 million euros. According to him, the Council of Europe should return money to the Russian people for the period when the delegation of the Russian Federation was deprived of authority, and contributions continued to flow.
The politician noted that for all these years Russia has not been given the opportunity to fully work in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Moscow intends to raise the issue of money back in the near future, he added. Moreover, the discussion on the participation of the Russian delegation in this structure has now intensified in PACE.
This is about 10 billion rubles. The amount is large. And we, of course, need it, the country needs to address the issues that citizens face. We want to start negotiations so that we can be heard and to outline this topic.
- stressed the speaker of the lower house of parliament.
For his part, State Duma deputy Aleksey Zhuravlev, leader of the Rodina party, on his Twitter page spoke even more sharply:
Right, money on a barrel! Eurobureaucrats do not understand another language.
At present, Russia does not pay contributions to the Council of Europe, since the country's delegation is still deprived of the right to fully participate in PACE. This situation arose because the West accuses Moscow of what is happening in Ukraine.
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