Russia to suspend participation and contributions to OSCE PA

The committee on international affairs of the Russian Federation Council has supported and recommended that the council adopt, on 3 July, a statement by the Federal Assembly on the suspension of the participation of the Russian delegation in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE PA) and the payment of contributions to its budget.

"Supported, recommended the Federation Council to adopt at the meeting on July 3," Caliber.Az reports, citing a Russian media report that senators supported the document unanimously.

As noted in the draft statement, senators of the Russian Federation and State Duma deputies are convinced that applying restrictions on participation in OSCE PA events against parliamentarians expressing the will and interests of their people is unacceptable.

"It has to be stated that the possibilities for continuing constructive dialogue in the OSCE PA have been completely exhausted under the current circumstances. In this connection, the senators of the Russian Federation and the deputies of the State Duma consider it reasonable and legitimate to suspend the participation of the delegation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation in the OSCE PA, as well as the payment of contributions by the Russian Federation to the OSCE PA budget," the document adds.