Russia Quits Several Council Of Europe Agreements
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has signed a decree to
terminate Russia's participation in a number of agreements within
the Council of Europe framework, according to a document published
by the official Russian web portal of legislative information,
Trend reports
citing TASS .
Starting from March 16, 2022, Russia will withdraw from the
Council of Europe International Cooperation Group on Drugs and
Addiction (the Pompidou Group), the 1990 Partial Agreement of the
Council of Europe establishing the European Commission for
Democracy through Law, the open Partial Agreement on cooperation
for the prevention of, protection against, and organization of
relief in major natural and technological disasters, the Enlarged
Partial Agreement on Sport, the Enlarged Partial Agreement on
Cultural Routes and the Observatory on History Teaching in
Europe.
Moreover, Russia will no longer participate in the work of the
Council of Europe's cultural support fund (Eurimages) and the
European Audiovisual Observatory.
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