The Russian Federation is entitled to 18 representatives and 18 substitutes to constitute its delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly. Under Art. 25 of the Statute of the Council of Europe, “[e]ach representative must be a national of the member whom he represents”. The representatives of the members of the Council of Europe are “elected by its parliament from among the members thereof or appointed from among the members of that parliament”. The 2016 parliamentary elections in Russia were held according to a mixed system: 225 deputies were elected in single-member constituencies (including 4 constituencies in Crimea) and 225 deputies on party lists in a nationwide constituency also including the territory of Crimea.