“I think that all of you will support the previously adopted position: either our delegation receives full-fledged rights, and they must be inviolable, or we will leave the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe,” said Viacheslav Volodin
Vyacheslav Victorovich
The Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the eighth convocation. Elected in single mandate constituency № 163 (Saratov constituency - Saratov Oblast)
, addressing the parliamentarians during the plenary session.
Parliamentarians unanimously supported this decision.
“If there are any decisions related to the restriction of the credentials of our delegation, we will consider this as a restriction of the rights of our citizens. We cannot effectively and fully represent the Russian citizens in the Parliamentary Assembly if the delegation is restricted in its rights,” said the Chairman of the State Duma.
