Russia leaves the Council of Europe: what does it mean and what are the consequences

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There Russia let the European Council. This was announced by the Foreign Minister, Serghei Lavrov, quoted by the Tass agency. “The course of events has become irreversible and Russia has no intention of putting up with it subversive actions undertaken by the West ”

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"Building of the Council of Europe with the flags of the member states. Winter afternoon. Strasbourg, Alsace, France."

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Russia’s decision, the foreign minister said in a statement, was made because of the hostile behavior of European countries and of Born towards Russia, continuing “in the wake of the destruction of the Council of Europe and of the legal and humanitarian space in Europe”

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“The members of the European Union and NATO, who are hostile towards Russia – reads the note – stand abusing their absolute majority in the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe

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“Russia does not will take part in the attempt by NATO and the EU in transforming the oldest European organization into another place where they come exalted the mantras of supremacy and the narcissism of the West. Let them have fun with each other without the company of Russia ”

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The Palais de l'Europe, the principle building of the Council of Europe, stands in Strasbourg, France, on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019. The European Parliament elections in May are shaping up to be something of a referendum on the whole 60 -year European Union experiment, in part because it will come in the wake of Britain's planned departure from the bloc. Photographer: Alex Kraus / Bloomberg

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Last February 25immediately after the invasion of Ukraine by Moscow, the Committee of Ministers had decided to suspendwith immediate effect, the Federation Russian his rights of representation in the Committee of Ministers and in the Parliamentary Assembly

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“Russia has no intention – says Tass – to endure the subversive actions undertaken by the West, which pushes for an order based on rules and replacement of international law trampled on by United States and its satellites”

"Palace of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg (Alsace, France). See my other FRANCE photos:"

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The Council of Europe was founded on May 5, 1949 with the treaty of London. It is a body outside the European Union and should not be confused with the European Council, which is instead part of the EU institutions. Before today it mattered 47 states

STRASBOURG, FRANCE - OCTOBER 15: President of the European Court for Human Rights (ECHR) Dean Spielmann (R) speaks at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France on October 15, 2015. The European Court of Human Rights has said Dogu Perincek, chairman of the Turkish Patriotic Party who denied Armenian genocide allegations had his right to freedom of expression breached. The case, referred last year to the ECHR, concerns Dogu Perincek who had been found guilty of racial discrimination in Switzerland for describing the Armenian deaths as an "international lie". On Thursday, the ECHR decided by a majority that there had been a violation of Article 10 (freedom of expression) of the European Convention on Human Rights.President of the European court of Human Rights Dean Spielmann (Photo by Mustafa Yalcin / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images)

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Its goal is to promote the democracyi human rights, European cultural identity and the search for solutions to social problems in Europe. The purpose of its foundation is to to avoid that the atrocities of the Second World War

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Among its fundamental organs is the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). It is an international judicial body to which all 47 Council states adhere. Its main task is to ensure compliance with the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms

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Russia joined the Council of Europe on February 28, 1996. The decision to leave the international body has a strong symbolic impactabove all because it simultaneously abandons the ECtHR and the guarantees of respect for human rights and freedom of expression

Source-tg24.sky.it

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