Council of Europe Postpones Vote on Russia Return

Council of Europe delegates voted Tuesday to delay action on a proposed rule change which could restore Russia's voting rights, stripped in 2014 after Moscow's seizure of Crimea from Ukraine. During a plenary session of the rights body's parliamentary assembly, delegates sent the proposal back for further committee study by a vote of 99 to 79, with 16 abstentions. Russia has denounced the council's decision. Last year it suspended part of its 33 million euro ($38...

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