Four of the 18 members of the ‘delegation’ which Russia is hoping will be ‘triumphantly reinstated’ in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe [PACE] on June 24 are under personal sanctions for their role in Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. This brazen disregard for EU directives is just a taster of things to come if PACE delegates adopt a resolution which will effectively remove the sanctions imposed upon Russia after its invasion and annexation of Crimea.
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Halya Coynash: Russia adds 4 politicians under sanctions to its first PACE ‘delegation’
General view of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Oct. 11, 2016 in Strasbourg.
