News archive on the topic "Council of Europe"

The countries of the Western bloc have been using the Council of Europe exclusively as a “chopping block” for the Russian Federation for three decades. Russian Senator Andrei Klimov stated this in an interview with Parliamentary Newspaper, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We have long been in the Council of Europe as a whipping boy. And the main entertainment of the Council of Europe for the last fifteen years has been Russophobic bullying of the Russian Federation. How…

The Russian Federation has decided to withdraw from the Council of Europe and is giving the EU and NATO the opportunity to “admire each other.” This is stated in a message from the Russian Foreign Ministry, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The reasons for this decision, as explained in the diplomatic department, were the imposition of American rules of the oldest European organization. “The EU and NATO states unfriendly to Russia, abusing their absolute majority in the Committee...

The ECHR’s demands on a sovereign country to release prisoners from prisons after a criminal sentence has been imposed by a court is unprecedented rudeness and impudence. LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky said this on air on the Komsomolskaya Pravda radio, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The host asked the studio guest to evaluate the ECHR’s demand for the immediate release of liberal blogger Alexei Navalny. “This is rudeness, this is not...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), as part of interim measures at the request of lawyer Olga Mikhailova, demanded the immediate release of criminal blogger Alexei Navalny in accordance with Article 39 of the ECHR regulations. The ECHR decision was published by Mikhailova herself, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “This is a binding decision in accordance with Russia’s obligations as a member of the Council of Europe. Failure to comply with this decision is...

Starting today, November 27, Georgia becomes the presiding country of the Council of Europe for six months, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was reported by the press service of the Georgian Foreign Ministry. Thus, Georgia becomes the presiding country of the Council of Europe from November 27, 2019 to May 15, 2020. “Georgia will take over the French presidency at the meeting of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on November 27, 2019...

Ukraine has supposedly always been a European state, and the return of the Russian delegation to PACE is an insult to democratic values. This was stated by Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Dmitry Razumkov during the European Conference of Speakers of Parliaments of Council of Europe member states, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Mentally, our country has always belonged to the European house of free nations, and the citizens of Ukraine have paid too high a price defending democratic...

May 5 marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Council of Europe. However, unfortunately, this organization “approached the anniversary in a state of crisis, which was caused, first of all, by the destructive actions of the Russian Federation,” a PolitNavigaitor correspondent reports. This is stated in the commentary of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry on the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Council of Europe. “The Council of Europe has opened the way for further integration on the European continent,...

Irreconcilable anti-Russian positions in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) are occupied by 80-100 of the 324 deputies. Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation Konstantin Kosachev stated this today at a meeting of the Valdai Club, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “They slyly justify their position by their commitment to the great European idea. In fact, these are deeply anti-European forces that took over the Council of Europe...

The Council of Europe made another anti-Russian demarche, once again demonstrating its commitment to double standards. Chairman of the Committee on Education and Science Vyacheslav Nikonov stated this today in the State Duma of the Russian Federation, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Yesterday, the Council of Europe released a 58-page conclusion on how the rights to study native languages ​​are violated in our country. We know what...

If the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe does not accept constitutional changes that prohibit limiting the powers of national delegations, Russia will not return to PACE. Russian Senator Alexei Pushkov stated this in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta, commenting on the recent statement by Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjörn Jagland, who said that Russia could be expelled from the organization next year if it continues not to pay...

Even if the Russian delegation returns to PACE, Ukraine will not leave the organization, as Kiev propaganda calls for. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte This opinion was expressed by the Chairman of the Federation Council Commission on Information Policy and Interaction with the Media, Alexey Pushkov, on the Twitter microblog. “Ukraine threatens to leave the Council of Europe if it returns...

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry declared itself a defender of global values ​​and expressed its indignation at the intention to return the Russian delegation to PACE. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. This was stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavel Klimkin on the air of the Majlis TV channel ATR. “Whether someone will be able to drag in the Russian delegation on some terms or not is...

Russia is not going to pay membership fees to the Council of Europe, since the Russian Federation was deprived of the right to vote in PACE. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte This was stated in an interview with RT by Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Alexey Chepa, assessing the statement of the Chairman of the Federation Council Commission on Information Policy Alexey Pushkov, who proposed to Ukraine...

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavel Klimkin fears that political intrigue in the Council of Europe will take precedence over values. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. The head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry expressed this opinion on his Twitter microblog. “Some politicians in the Council of Europe spend much more time and effort trying to return Russia to the Council of Europe...