It is unclear to what extent Russia will remove itself from the Council, if it will not attend meetings or will end its membership altogether.
Russia asserts that NATO and the EU have abused their majority positions on the committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe to impose its will.
"The course of events becomes irreversible. Russia does not intend to put up with these subversive actions carried out by the collective West in line with the imposition of a 'rules-based order' to replace international law trampled by the United States and its satellites," said the Russian Foreign Ministry. "Russia will not participate in the transformation by NATO and the EU obediently following them of the oldest European organization into another platform for incantations about Western superiority and narcissism. Let them enjoy communicating with each other, without Russia."
The Council of Europe suspended Russia's rights of representation on February 25, in response to the invasion of Ukraine that had commenced a day prior.
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Russians won’t be able to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) after all procedures on Russia leaving the Council of Europe are concluded, Chairman of the Russian Federation Council Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building Andrey Klishas told TASS on Thursday.
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The senator urged the Russians to be more active in defending their rights at Russian courts, including the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation. "Our citizens should be more active in appealing for the protection of their rights within the framework of national jurisdiction, including the Constitutional Court," he said.