“The notice of withdrawal of the Russian Federation from the organization” was delivered on Tuesday to its general secretary, Marija Pejcinovic Buric, according to a statement from the Russian Foreign Ministry on its Telegram account.
“Those who force us to take this measure will bear full responsibility for the destruction of the common humanitarian and legal space on the continent and the consequences for the Council of Europe itself, which, without Russia, will lose its pan-European status,” he added.
The Atlantic Alliance and the EU, adds the ministry, “only see in this organization an instrument of ideological support for their military-political and economic expansion to the East.”
In its statement, Russian diplomacy accuses the institutions of the Council of Europe, including the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), its judicial instance, of having been “systematically used to exert pressure on Russia and meddle in internal affairs.”
From the day after the start of the Russian offensive on February 24 in Ukraine, the Council of Europe had decided to suspend Russia’s participation in its different bodies, except in the ECHR, a last resort for the 145 million Russian citizens.
The Council of Europe, created in 1949, brought together almost all the States of the continent, 47 in total, including Russia, since 1996, and Ukraine, since 1995.
Source: Ambito
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