HELSINKI - Foreign ministers from the Council of Europe, the continent’s chief human rights watchdog, reached an agreement on Friday that opens the way for Russia to return to the organization, resolving a dispute that began after Moscow’s seizure of Crimea.
Russia has indicated it will resume payment of its membership dues as a result. It stopped payment nearly two years ago after its voting rights in the council were suspended over its 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine. It also left a 90 million euro hole in the council’s budget since Russia accounts for around 7% of contributions.France and Germany have been keen to keep Russia inside the council, arguing that if it is outside it is harder for any human rights abuses to be flagged and pursued by the court.
Britain, Poland, Georgia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania joined Ukraine in opposing the agreement, diplomats said, while 39 countries backed it.
Time to listen to Fleetwood Mac...
Maybe wait till fewer journalists are falling from windows
Obviously coe is for sale and is in need of some Russian money so they say let's line our pockets and screw Ukraine Crimea and all people living under Russian occupation while kissing Putin ass
good news
STOP KILLING PEOPLE.!!
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