... ECHR.
Having strategy and political will Russia can achieve almost anything.
In order to fulfill one’s national interests, it is important to work really hard, and Russia is good at it.
It is most expedient to look at the state of relations between Russia and the Council of Europe, Russia and the European Union through the perspective of a politically strong Russia.
Sergey Utkin
Membership in international organizations should be considered in the broader context of foreign policy and international relations in ...
... refused membership (although, truth be told, very few of them actually resigned from the organization later on)—a demarche that is rather strange in international practice.
Thus, in spite of the supposed “honeymoon period” in the relations between Russia and the Council of Europe, Brussels had begun to structure them in a very peculiar manner. Taking advantage of Moscow’s natural weakness following a series of crises and the loss of its most loyal allies, the European Union started to dictate conditions to ...
... Ukraine (which had opposed the Russian delegation’s return), the assembly’s rapid change of heart is usually explained away as being down to money: Russia contributes 33 million euros in membership fees per year. Yet it’s not just about the money. Russia’s departure from the Council of Europe—which is what Russia had threatened if its full rights were not restored—would ultimately have deprived the entire organization of its reason for existence.
Most members of the Council of Europe are either in the EU or are affiliated ...
... countries, and restoring the full rights of the Russian delegation, which had been curbed in 2014 over events in Ukraine. The resolution was voted for by 118 deputies, while sixty-two voted against it and ten abstained.
Mark Entin, Ekaterina Entina:
Russia and the Council of Europe
The Ukrainian delegation and its allies had introduced 220 amendments to the resolution in an attempt to stop it being passed, but only one was upheld. About a third of the deputies demonstrated their opposition to the motion by voting ...
The CoE crisis has a man-made character. Its origins lie in the frank political mistakes made by Europe
By 2019, the escalation of the crisis in relations between Russia and the Council of Europe (hereinafter referred to as CoE) reached its apogee. The question of Russia's withdrawal from this oldest authoritative European organization or about its exclusion from it rose to its full height. The long-awaited resolution of the ...
... following issues were discussed during the meeting: the current activities of the Council of Europe, as well as political, institutional, and financial problems and challenges the organization is facing. Special attention was paid to the relations of the Council of Europe and Russia, including their parliamentary dimension. Russian side was represented by Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and Ivan Volodin, Minister Counsellor at the Russian embassy in the UK.
... building a democratic society.
The opening remarks at the Forum were made by Jagland Thorbjørn, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Roland RIES, Mayor of Strasbourg, Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway, and Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, Minister ... ... 3-day program of the forum included 19 Lab Series, participants discussing the relationship between education and democracy.
Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) was represented by Tatiana Bogdasarova, Program Manager, and Anna Kuznetsova, Educational ...
