Petr Tolstoy re-elected PACE Vice-President
Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin told parliamentary journalists about that. He added that an attempt to organize debate on Navalny case at PACE had failed
Petr Tolstoy
Petr Olegovich
was re-elected Vice-President
of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), as Viacheslav
Volodin
Vyacheslav Victorovich
The Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the eighth convocation. Elected in single mandate constituency № 163 (Saratov constituency - Saratov Oblast)
said.
Petr Tolstoy also heads the Russian delegation to PACE. He was elected PACE Vice-President in 2020.
“Attempt to organize urgent debate at PACE and to adopt a resolution on Navalny case has failed,” Viacheslav Volodin also told the journalists.
“The first day of the PACE winter session in Strasbourg is relatively calm. Ukrainian delegation has again challenged the credentials of the Russian delegation, but this happens every year, and such situation becomes ordinary for us. The opinion will be later submitted to the Monitoring Committee and to the Committee on Rules of Procedure for a conclusion,” said Petr Tolstoy. He stressed that the decision on confirmation or non-confirmation of credentials should be made only by the members of the Assembly by general voting.
“So such elation on non-confirmation of credentials of the Russian delegation is premature, to put it mildly. In addition, the Assembly rejected a proposal to hold urgent debate on the situation with Navalny, thus there will be no resolution and further statements against Russia,” said Petr Tolstoy.
