BRUSSELS. Jan 19 (Interfax) - Jacques Maire, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) special rapporteur on the poisoning of Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny, will ask the Russian authorities to allow him to visit Russia as part of his work on a report dealing with the Navalny situation.
"The rapporteur on the Navalny's poisoning for the Council of Europe Assembly, Jacques Maire, mentions that he will request to visit Russia as soon as possible for his report," according to a statement published on PACE's Twitter following Tuesday's hearing on the situation around Navalny.