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10.4.2014
From our Brussels correspondent:
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has deprived the Russian delegation of its voting right in the body.
PACE passed on April 10 a resolution making the recommendation with 145 votes in favor, 21 against, and 22 abstentions.
The Russian delegation boycotted the debate in plenary session.
Moscow will now lose its voting rights until the end of the 2014 session.
The delegation also loses the rights to be represented in the Bureau of the Assembly, the PACE Presidential Committee, the PACE Standing Committee, and the rights to participate in election observation missions.
The Assembly also adopted an amendment which states that the assembly "reserves the right to annul the credentials" of the Russian delegation, if Moscow "does not deescalate the situation and reverse the annexation of Crimea."
PACE passed on April 10 a resolution making the recommendation with 145 votes in favor, 21 against, and 22 abstentions.
The Russian delegation boycotted the debate in plenary session.
Moscow will now lose its voting rights until the end of the 2014 session.
The delegation also loses the rights to be represented in the Bureau of the Assembly, the PACE Presidential Committee, the PACE Standing Committee, and the rights to participate in election observation missions.
The Assembly also adopted an amendment which states that the assembly "reserves the right to annul the credentials" of the Russian delegation, if Moscow "does not deescalate the situation and reverse the annexation of Crimea."
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Russia's economic influence in eastern Ukraine
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Could this be true? Good PR move, if so.
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Photos of Russian military buildup:
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