“I believe the probability of Russia’s withdrawal from the Council of Europe is close to zero for two reasons: first, Russia has been its members since 1996; second, it has one of the five leading states in the Council of Europe both by the size of its membership fee and its delegation,” Pushkov told the III International Parliamentary Forum in Moscow on Thursday.
“Besides, it would be wrong to leave the European floor exclusively to other players like Georgia or the Baltic States that are extremely anti-Russian,” Pushkov went on to say.
“We want to influence the continent’s development in the 21st century. It will be wrong to self-isolate ourselves from the Council of Europe,” the Russian deputy said in conclusion.
The April session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) deprived the Russian delegation of the right to vote at the Assembly sessions. Russia was removed from the PACE leading posts and banned from participation in PACE observation missions. After that, the Russian delegation suspended its work at the PACE until year’s end.
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