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Russia on Tuesday quit the Council of Europe, the continent’s leading human rights watchdog, pre-empting an expected expulsion over its attack on neighbour Ukraine.

Russia is only the second country to leave the pan-European group tasked with upholding human rights and the rule of law since its formation after World War Two.Russia is only the second country to leave the pan-European group tasked with upholding human rights and the rule of law since its formation after World War Two.

Russia’s withdrawal from the institution that devised the European Convention on Human Rights and helped eastern European nations to democratise their political systems after the collapse of Communism carries symbolic weight. Russia accused Western countries of undermining the Council of Europe – which had suspended Russia’s membership on February 25, the day after it invaded Ukraine – to explain why it was leaving the human rights body.

“There is no room for an aggressor in the European home,” said rapporteur Ingjerd Schou, paraphrasing the resolution.

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