Russia on Tuesday said it would pull out of the Council of Europe after pressure mounted for Moscow to be expelled from the pan-European rights body over its invasion of Ukraine, APA reports citing The National.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said it had given notification of its departure to the Secretary-General, Marija Pejcinovic Buric.
The decision ends Russia's 26-year membership of the Council of Europe and opens the way for Moscow to reimpose the death penalty if the authorities decide to do so.