“We will return the PACE in case of our full-fledged participation in the organization. The Russian delegation won’t attend the PACE winter session without any prospect in this field by early next year,” he said.
Pushkov added that early 2016 would see the European Union step up its efforts to search for ways to review its anti-Russia sanctions, although he stressed that the United States wields significant influence over certain European politicians, most notably German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
"If it weren't for Merkel's position, I think the European Union would already have reached at least the stage of reducing, if not lifting, the sanctions," Pushkov said.
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