State Duma sends Russian delegation to PACE's fall session - Sep. 25, 2019

State Duma sends Russian delegation to PACE’s fall session

Published Sept. 25, 2019 at 7:41 pm

Activists hold placards as they shout slogans in front of the German Embassy in Kyiv on June 25, 2019. Dozens of activists rally outside embassies of the countries that voted for Russia's return to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).

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MOSCOW – The State Duma Council made a decision on Sept. 25 to send a Russian delegation to the fall session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), State Duma Deputy Speaker and delegation head Pyotr Tolstoy said.

“Today, the State Duma Council made a decision to send the delegation to the PACE. Therefore, the delegation comprising the representatives of all factions is heading to the assembly’s fall session,” Tolstoy told journalists on Sept. 25.

The PACE fall session is to take place in Strasbourg on Sept. 30-Oct. 4.