The following statement was received from the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America on June 28.
As a result of unprecedented pressure and financial blackmail by the Russian Federation, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) unconditionally surrendered its legitimacy with the restoration of the Russian Federation’s voting rights at the Council of Europe, ignoring the council’s own findings that the Russian Federation had repeatedly violated the Statute of the Council of Europe and Russia’s commitments to the council.