The Council of Europe has terminated Russia’s 26 years of membership with immediate effect because of the Ukraine war.
The rights body announced in the French city of Strasbourg yesterday that the Committee of Ministers decided in a special session.
Recall that Russia had earlier declared its withdrawal from the Council of Europe after it had taken steps to exclude it.
On Tuesday evening, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe voted unanimously in favour of Russia’s exclusion.
Russia joined the Council of Europe on Feb. 28, 1996.
Together with the formal notification of the withdrawal, the secretary-general of the Council of Europe also received information from the Russian Federation on Tuesday about its intention to denounce the European Convention on Human Rights.
