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European losing patience with Kyiv. Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Marietta de Purba-Lundin expects that the Ukrainian authorities will pay heed to the recommendations of the PACE resolution "The functioning of democratic institutions in Ukraine."

"Ukraine must fulfill all its commitments undertaken while joining the Council of Europe. However, many of them haven't been fulfilled yet. We can say the Council of Europe's patience is running out. The Ukrainian judicial system is still very flawed, which is best exemplified by Yulia Tymoshenko's case. However, these deficiencies affect not only her. Much needs to be changed still," the rapporteur said in an interview with Deutsche Welle radio.

She stressed that they studied positions of both the Ukrainian authorities and the opposition before adopting this tough resolution.

"I hope that they will listen to us, in particular members of the authorities. I would rather it didn’t come to the talks about sanctions. But I want to emphasize that we listened to both points of view at the beginning of the week. Therefore, they can be sure that both sides were heard," she added.