Russia will pay the debt to the budget of the Council of Europe for 2017-2018 of the year
According to the decree, Russia will pay more than 54,5 million euros to the Council of Europe budget for the 2017-2018 period. This decision has been agreed with the ministries regarding their concern. Of this amount, more than 44,8 million euros will go to the CE regular budget, more than 5 million euros to the CE pension reserve fund and more than 1,1 million euros to the emergency budget of the Council of Europe. Also, certain sums will be allocated from the general funds to finance the work of four other CE committees, including: the European Youth Fund, the Group on Cooperation in Combating Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, the European Commission for Democracy through Law and the Group of States against Corruption.
Funds for debt repayment for the 2017-2018 of the year will be allocated from the relevant sections of the federal budget of the Russian Federation for the 2019 of the year.
Recall that the Russian delegation was stripped of its powers after reunification with Crimea. In 2017, Russia suspended payments to the European budget due to the impossibility of working in such conditions and left PACE. Due to the non-payment by Russia, which is one of the main sponsors of the Council of Europe, of money, the budget of the Council of Europe became scarce, and the organization itself began to experience financial difficulties that led to the freezing of some CE programs.
Earlier it was reported that Russia resumed paying membership dues to the budget of the Council of Europe and made a contribution for 2019 year after the return of the Russian delegation to PACE. It was stated that payment for the period when Russia was expelled from the CE would not be made.
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