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Russia was expelled from the Council of Europe
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe decided to exclude Russia from the organization. This was reported by the Council website.
Earlier, Russia notified of the launch of the exit procedure from the Council of Europe. The Secretary General of the Organization of Maria Paychinovich-Burich was awarded the corresponding notification.
"The NATO and the European Union states, abusing their majority in the Council of Europe (CE), consistently turn this organization into an instrument of anti -Russian policy, abandoning an equal dialogue and all the principles on which this pan -European structure was created," the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said .
The authorities assure that Russia's exit from the Council of Europe "will not affect the rights and freedoms of citizens." At the same time, residents of the country will lose access to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), explains human rights activist Pavel Chikov.
Also, due to Russia's entry into the Council of Europe in the country, a moratorium on the death penalty was introduced. The authorities intend to denounce the European Convention on Human Rights, which prohibited this measure of punishment for a criminal offense.
- Russia joined the European Council in 1996. At the end of February, the organization suspended the country's membership due to the attack of the Russian army on Ukraine. After that, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that the country would not participate in the work of the Council, and the organization’s committee suspended its membership.
- Earlier, the former president of Russia and the deputy chairman of the Security Council of the country Dmitry Medvedev called the exception of Russia from the European Council “the opportunity to restore a number of important institutions such as the death penalty”.