KYIV, Sept 4 – Ukraine has made a voluntary contribution to the budget of the Council of Europe in the amount of $400,000 to support the organization in difficult times of financial blackmail on the part of Russia, Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said.

"Today Ukraine has made a voluntary contribution to the budget of the Council of Europe in the amount of $400,000. Russia uses financial blackmail against the Council of Europe. In these difficult times the organization needs support," Klimkin wrote on Twitter.