Council of Europe building in StrasbourgMOSCOW, Mar 15Russia's withdrawal from the Council of Europe will not affect the rights and freedoms of Russian citizens, Moscow will also comply with the already adopted decisions of the ECtHR, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. «Our country's withdrawal from this organization will not affect the rights and freedoms of Russian citizens. The Constitution of the Russian Federation establishes their guarantees are no less than in the European Convention on Human Rights. The provisions of the main treaty-legal acts of the Council of Europe are included in Russian legislation,» the statement says. jpg» />Slutsky answered the question about the denunciation of the Convention on Human RightsAs noted by the department, the NATO and EU states, abusing their majority in the Council of Europe (CE), are consistently turning this organization into an instrument of anti-Russian policy, refusing an equal dialogue, and on February 25 they made a discriminatory decision on suspension of Russia's representation in the statutory bodies of the Council of Europe. «Under such conditions, our country will not remain in the Council of Europe. On March 15 this year, Secretary General Maria Pejcinovic-Buric was handed a notice of the withdrawal of the Russian Federation from the Organization,» the ministry said in a statement. The ministry noted that all responsibility for the destruction of the common humanitarian and legal space on the continent, for the consequences for the Council of Europe itself, which without Russia «will lose its pan-European coordinates, will be borne by those who force us to take this step.»
Tolstoy Pr commented on Russia's withdrawal from the Council of Europe»Leaving the Council of Europe, Russia remains open to pragmatic and equal interaction with the members of the Organization on issues of mutual interest and within the framework of those conventions in which we decide to continue participating,» the Russian Foreign Ministry added. that the implementation of already adopted judgments of the European Court of Human Rights will continue, «if they do not contradict the Constitution of the Russian Federation.» The Foreign Ministry recalled that Russia is a party to the main universal international human rights treaties concluded within the framework of the UN. wp-content/uploads/2022/03/4d0dd52036a08c1d7eee87d030c94cda.jpg» />Russia will formally remain in the Council of Europe until the end of the year, Kosachev said
