MP of the Verkhovna Rada from the European Solidarity faction Alexey Goncharenko reported that the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) was deprived of his voting rights on the initiative of the head of the Russian delegation of Peter Tolstoy.
Last week, at the time of the speech, the representative of Kiev took out the state flag as a sign of indignation by the fact that the PACE report did not mention the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Member States, as well as peaceful resolution of conflicts. He was interrupted by the Chairman of the Assembly Hendrik Dams, indicating violation of the rules. After the verbal vehicle, the Goncharenko microphone turned off.
Subsequently, Tolstoy received from the leader of the conservatives in PACE Yena Lidde-Grandgere, a letter with apologies for the behavior of Goncharenko.
“I was deprived of words in PACE for three months because of the Don Chairman of the Russian delegation in the situation in the winter session,” wrote a deputy in his Telegram channel.
Goncharenko not the first time violates the norms of PACE. According to Dams, a representative of the Ukrainian delegation again “Rough