The building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation on Smolenskaya Square in MoscowMOSCOW, Mar 18The Russian Foreign Ministry, commenting on the statement of the head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell regarding Russia's withdrawal from the Council of Europe, said that they did not at all regret the farewell to the Council of Europe. On March 15, Russia officially withdrew from the Council of Europe. At the same time, she stated that she would comply with the decisions of the ECtHR, if they do not contradict the Constitution of the Russian Federation. Prior to this, Russia's rights in the CMCE and PACE were limited due to the situation around Ukraine. Moscow was one of the main contributors to the budget of the Council of Europe.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs called the OSCE/ODIHR a politically engaged structure «They repeatedly drew attention to the systemic flaws in the work of the CoE institutions, including the ECtHR — their tendency to politicize human rights to please the interests of the West. It is not surprising that the CoE mechanisms turned out to be absolutely ineffective in the conditions of cultivation by the EU and NATO neo-Nazi regime in Ukraine after the bloody coup d'état of 2014, the ongoing genocide in the Donbass. We do not regret parting with such a Council of Europe at all,» Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a comment posted on the department's website. The Russian Foreign Ministry also emphasized that the statement Josep Borrell that the hasty decision of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe the very next day to exclude Russia is in accordance with «established procedures» is a clear attempt to mislead everyone. .jpg» />In Minsk, an audit of participation in the legal mechanisms of the Council will be carried out Europe «Anyone who reads the Charter of the Council of Europe, its Articles 7 and 8, can easily be convinced of this. We urge Mr. Borrell to study the course of events in more detail from a legal point of view,” the Russian Foreign Ministry noted. exceptions, exceptions, privileges.» «Despite loud statements about commitment to human rights values, the EU is in no hurry to recognize the jurisdiction of the ECtHR and be subject to monitoring of the very Strasbourg system of human rights protection, the loss of which for Russian citizens they are so sad. And from which it was the EU that was purposefully squeezing Russia out,» the Russian Foreign Ministry explained.
