CoE Secretary General announced a crisis in the organization because of the situation with Russia

“Depriving Russia of the right to vote in the PA does not lead to the return of Crimea to Ukraine and does not improve the human rights situation in Russia. This action created, on the contrary, a crisis in our organization, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.

Jagland also announced the need to develop a plan if Russia does not resume paying membership fees to the Council of Europe by June 2019.

Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry did not rule out leaving the Council of Europe.

Crimea became the Russian region after the referendum held there in March 2014, in which the majority of the inhabitants of the peninsula called for reunification with Russia.