Putin suggested to withdraw from the Council of Europe Convention on the protection of national minorities - DW

About it reports Deutsche Welle a year ago the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe restricted the powers of the Russian expert on the committee, which was created to control the fulfillment of its obligations within the Convention by the countries-participating countries, according to the explanatory note to the bill.

In addition, Moscow was eliminated from participation in the development of decisions and tracking cases of violation of the rights of national minorities, especially the Russian -speaking population abroad. Putin's Law "will avoid discriminatory attitude" to Russia. The Convention, which is coming to be denounced in the State Duma, in particular, forbids: the Convention, which Russia has signed in 1996, also establishes the right of national minorities to free use their language.

After the commencement of the Russian Federation in Ukraine in February 2022, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe suspended the Russian representation in the statutory bodies of the Council. In March 2022, the Committee approved the resolution on the exclusion of Russia from the organization, after which the Russian Federation officially informed the Secretary General of the CoE, which intends to withdraw from the Council of Europe.

In February this year, the Russian State Duma adopted a law on termination of the Russian Federation 21 international treaty with the Council of Europe, in particular the Convention on Human Rights. We will remind, the media reported that another "partner" turned away from the Kremlin, and Russia loses its influence. Earlier, Focus wrote that Russia withdrew from the Council of Europe, whose convention forbids torture and slavery.