Putin signed a decree changing the composition of the Human Rights Council
Vladimir Putin decree changing the composition, excluding from it , , , , , , and . signed the Human Rights Council *Alexander Asmolov Alexander Verkhovsky *Ekaterina Vinokurova Natalia Evdokimova *Ivan Zasursky Igor Kalyapin *Galina Osokin Nikolai Svanidze Commenting on his exclusion from the HRC, Alexander Verkhovsky expressed concern that the council, which “was not particularly effective before” in terms of protection of civil liberties may become even less effective.