Russia will not attend the autumn session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Strasbourg and will follow the work remotely. The head of the Russian delegation, the Vice-Speaker of the State Duma Petr Tolstoy, said this in its Telegram-Channel.
According to politics, the French government “puts Russian to the discriminatory position” compared with delegates from other countries. “In the created conditions, the delegation of Russia in Strasbourg will not go, follow the work we will be remotely,” said Tolstoy.
The Vice-Speaker of the State Duma stressed that in turn, the Russian side provides to the European “normal conditions for work coming to the country” Normal conditions for work and does not lock people to quarantine. “