06/03/2009 Monitoring
Strasbourg, 06.03.2009 – Luc Van den Brande (Belgium, EPP/CD) and Theodoros Pangalos (Greece, SOC), co-rapporteurs on Russia for the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), will make a fact-finding visit to Moscow from 9 to 11 March 2009 to take stock of Russia’s compliance with its obligations and commitments to the Council of Europe, for a forthcoming report.
Talks are scheduled notably with Alexei Velichko, Deputy Minister of Justice, Alexander Grushko, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vladimir Churov, Chairman of the Central Election Commission, Vasiliy Piskarev, Deputy Head of the Investigation Committee of the Prosecutor General’s Office and Vladimir Grigoriev, Deputy Head of the Federal Service on Oversight in the Field of Communications. They will also meet with members of the Russian Delegation to the PACE, representatives of NGOs and the media.
A press conference will take place on 11 March at 1 p.m. at RIA Novosti Press Centre, 4, Zubovsky Bd., )