During the suspension of the participation of the Russian Federation, any actions and changes in the procedural rules of the OSCE PA related to the Russian delegation will be considered “legally void”.
The Federation Council and the State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted a statement on the termination of the participation of the Russian delegation in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, according to the decision of the State Duma from Wednesday, July 3.
“The senators of the Russian Federation and deputies of the State Duma considered it reasonable and logical to suspend the participation of the Russian delegation in the OSCE PA, as well as the payment of contributions from the Russian Federation to the budget of the OSCE PA,” said of the statement.
In addition, the statement states that during the suspension of participation, any actions and changes in the rules of procedure of the OSCE PA intended to “harm the Russian delegation” will be considered “null and void.”
However, the representatives of the Russian Federation nevertheless made a reservation that they are ready to return to the work of the OSCE PA, provided that its leadership and some member states reconsider the “Russophobic and discriminatory approach,” as it is called to them, in solving. Security problems in Europe.
Let’s recall that in February, the head of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Vyacheslav Volodin, said that Russia would suspend its participation in the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA).
In July 2023, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly recognized Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism, arguing that the Kremlin directly sponsored the Wagner PMC, using it in military and subversive operations to “achieve overt and covert foreign policy objective.” PMC Wagner has been identified as a terrorist organization.
In June 2024, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe adopted a resolution recognizing Russia’s actions as genocide of the Ukrainian people and the need for the decolonization of the Russian Federation.
Source: korrespondent
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