Konstantin Kosachev, Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council, reminded that Ukraine has not officially withdrawn from the CIS.
So Senator reacted The flag of Ukraine in the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly in St. To the fact that he was noticed at his session in St. Petersburg.
“On the official website of the CIS Executive Committee, Ukraine is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. On the official website of the IPA CIS – the same Ukraine has not officially interrupted its relations with the CIS and its structures, no matter what kind of relations they have with Russia, ”Kosachev wrote telegraph channel.
He noted that international organizations have rules regarding the use of symbols and that this is not the privilege of the state where the relevant headquarters are located. Otherwise, according to him, he will have to face the fact that someone in New York, for example, on the example of the UN, wants to bring down the Russian flag.
At the same time, he emphasized that he personally does not like the presence of Ukrainian symbols in Russia, but any decision in this regard cannot be unilateral, since the Russian Federation is a legal and democratic state.
old ukraine appeared From border cooperation agreements with Russia, Belarus and the CIS.