Image by Ziko Russian Foreign Secretary Sergei Lavrov has informed Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjorn Jagland that Russia will no longer pay its dues to the council until Russia’s rights are fully restored. The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on the issue Friday. “The minister has…
On January 23, the Strasbourg winter session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) opened, which for the second time will be held without the participation of the Russian delegation. Russia decided not to appeal to PACE for participation in mid January. The head of…