Flags near the Palace of Europe in StrasbourgPARIS, Mar 15 The Secretary General of the Council of Europe received a notification from Russia on withdrawal from the organization and intention to denounce the European Convention on Human Rights, spokesman for the Council of Europe Daniel Höltgen said on Tuesday. also about the intention to denounce the European Convention on Human Rights,» Höltgen wrote on his Twitter. Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced that Russia was officially withdrawing from the Council of Europe. The corresponding notification of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov was handed over to the leadership of the organization. The department noted that this decision will not affect the rights and freedoms of Russians. In addition, 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 head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, Leonid Slutsky, in turn, said that Russia would be forced to denounce the European Convention on Human Rights.
The State Department said that Russia should not be a member of the Council of Europe
