Strasbourg, 26/01/2016 (Agence Europe) - A year ago, following the annexation of the Crimea, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) suspended the voting rights of the Russian delegation, as well as its participation in the work of the different statutory bodies and election follow-up. Russian parliamentarians subsequently left for Moscow and have not taken their seats at Strasbourg since these events.
It was thought that they would take their seats at the assembly at the...