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Jagland: Russia can be excluded from the Council of Europe
Russia may be excluded from the Council of Europe. According to Politico, this was stated by Secretary General of Sebjurn Jagund.
Moscow continues to hold the Crimea captured from Ukraine and leads a “completely unacceptable” policy, refusing to allow the Commissioner of the Human Rights to this region, the interlocutor of the publication explained.
At the same time, Jagland said that so far it has not been made a fundamental decision to exclude Russia. At first, he noticed, to weigh all the pros and cons of such a measure.
At a recent meeting with France President, Emmanuel Macron, also reports Politico, the EU Secretary General criticized the law adopted in December 2015 , which allows the Russian Constitutional Court to block the execution of the ECHR.
Relations between Russia and Ce worsened sharply in April 2014, after the annexation of Crimea. In response to the capture of the Penetrov Peninsula, by the end of the year, the Russian delegation of the vote’s right, as well as the right to participate in the meetings of its authorized bodies and in monitoring activities, deprived the Russian delegation.
In January 2016, after the next extension of the term of these restrictions, Russia refused to participate in the PACE session .
In June of this year, Moscow suspended the payment of an annual membership fee in the assembly until all powers are returned to the Russian delegation.