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The Russian Federation is excluded from the Council of Europe
Committee of Ministers
16 March 2022
Strasbourg
In an extraordinary meeting this morning, the Committee of Ministers decided, in the context of the procedure launched under Article 8 of the Statute of the Council of Europe, that the Russian Federation ceases to be a member of the Council of Europe as from today, after 26 years of membership....
The Russian Federation can no longer be a member State of the Council of Europe, PACE says
Parliamentary Assembly
16 March 2022
Strasbourg
The Russian Federation “committed grave violations of the Council of Europe Statute incompatible with the status of a member State, does not bear its undertakings before the Council of Europe and does not comply with the commitments before it”. Therefore, the Council of Europe Parliamentary...
