European Council asks Russia to pay additional 55 million euros
Russia needs to pay an additional 55 million euros for 2017 and 2018 to the European Council budget, said the press secretary of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CE) Daniel Holtgen.
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Answering a question about the amount of Russia's debt to the European Council budget for 2017-2018, CE Secretary General Daniel Holtgen said it was about 55 million euros.
Russia has paid 33 million euros for this year, he added. Holtgen expressed hope that Moscow would pay for 2017-2018.
On 30 June 2017, Russia decided to partially suspend payments to the CE budget until the powers of the Russian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe are restored.
At the June 2019 session, PACE restored the rights of the Russian delegation, and Russian parliamentarians returned to full work in the council.
