[HIGHLIGHTS] The IPA CIS said that the use of the flag of Ukraine is due to the country's participation in the Assembly

Ukraine has not withdrawn from the agreement on the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly. The use of the Ukrainian flag is due to legal requirements, the IPA said.

The decision does not affect the international obligations of the IPA and does not cancel them, the statement added. The court sentenced a man to one and a half years of forced labor for using the flag in a rally in St. Petersburg. The man was found guilty of aiding and abetting an attempt to use the flag for political purposes.