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STRASBOURG, France (AP) — The Council of Europe on Wednesday expelled Russia from the continent’s foremost human rights body in an unprecedented move over Moscow’s invasion and war in Ukraine.

The 47-nation organization’s committee of ministers said in statement that “the Russian Federation ceases to be a member of the Council of Europe as from today.”

In a highly symbolic move after the decision, Council of Europe staff went outside of its headquarters in Strasbourg and took down the Russian flag, neatly folding the tricolor before it was taken away.

Despite the pomp, it was an unceremonious end to 26 years of membership in the group.

But many said it was fully deserved.

Tiny Kox, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, said the expulsion “was necessary, and I am glad we dared to do so.”

Kox said his organization “remains on the side of the victims of this unprovoked war of aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine, and all our thoughts are now with the Ukrainian people.”

Member nations also spoke out. “Russia’s actions alone have led to this outcome,” Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde said. “We sincerely hope that Russia will one day return to the ideals of peace and democracy, and regain its membership.”

Earlier this week, the group’s parliamentary assembly already initiated the process of expulsion and unanimously backed that Russia would be kicked out.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov insisted Wednesday that it would have left the body regardless. In an interview with Russian broadcaster RBK, he accused NATO and EU countries of “abusing their majority in the council, eventually transforming it into a tool for anti-Russian policy.” Ukraine is also a member of the Council of Europe.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba immediately welcomed the decision, tweeting that there was “no place for Russia in European bodies as it wages a barbaric war of aggression against Ukraine and commits multiple war crimes.”

It was unclear what the extent of support was for the expulsion since the Committee of Ministers arrived at a “consensus” behind closed doors, making it impossible to have a full breakdown of votes.

lalasticlala:
Finnish-Senegalese journalist and writer, Ndéla Faye, has decried racism in schools in Finland.



https://twitter.com/NdelaFaye/status/1504028099607941121?t=tpugNjGCgs81fRZWvJArEw&s=08[/quote]But they are saner climes na

You call Africa INSANE and them SANE so why are you now complaining over your own validation?

Triangles1:
No issue.

Man unclothedness is nothing compared to women body.

toprealman:
Bless you and your eagle eye. How will they understand the implications of variable haudralic load which is a major fact in a terrain like Enugu.

Ebubu6:
wike or umahi? Umahi has more than 12 finished and painted flyovers in just 7years

AntonVince:
Since you 1d10ts neither buy fuel nor ply our roads where dare-devil bandits reign supreme, since you feed fat on our taxes and don't care how much a bag of rice costs, we don't expect you not to endorse a fellow oppressor.
We know it's not an issue for you that Nigeria's Minimum Wage cannot buy a bag of rice!

...but I've got a message for you thieves:
Be rest assured that the destinies of over 200 million Nigerians shall not be traded for political compensation.
Nigerians, the oppressed masses are waiting for you all.

It's not going to be business as usual in 2023...that I can assure you.

SocialJustice:
Why?

Too early to tell, Tinubu is desperate and started early. By August, we will know who is serious or not.

Shikena:
I addressed logic, not wish. He is dead, wish no longer applies.

Shikena:
... and perhaps he would have died long before now.

Munamoqel:
why cover his face ?

FERNANDEZISBACK:
Ok show us the real one then..

Russia loses a FOURTH general and seven SWAT fighters from elite unit under Putin's direct control - as top Russian airman warns scale of losses with 'horrify' the nation when they learn the truth

Major-General Oleg Mityaev, 47, commander of Russia's 150th motorised rifle division, reportedly killed.

Kyiv claims Mityaev died fighting near the city of Mariupol and released a photo purporting to show his body.

Moscow has not confirmed the death, but if true it would be the fourth general and 13th officer Russia has lost.

Seven members of an elite SWAT squad under Vladimir Putin's direct control were also revealed to have died.

Svlla:


At this point am done with you

Do you even know what management is?



Forget it, I can't cope with this...
You're irredeemable, an absolute dunce

Svlla:
You see why you don't have sense

Who mentioned indigenous here

First you said Rubber, now you're calling out indigenous your brother?

Onuku Igbofam

Learn

How many tire manufacturers are there in Russia?

And yes there are lots of indigenous tire manufacturers in Russia

Mr indigenous, learn from me your master and stop making my lessons very torturous

And I will say it clearly to you
tire manufacture is not rocket science and if those western companies want to leave, they can very well leave, it will be unbecoming of Russia to hold them back, then Russia can very well transfer the management of those companies to ensure both job security, domestic product and reduce capital flight and it will all be legal

As of raw materials you mentioned earlier the joke will forever be on you.....couldn't stop myself from laughing

As regard trade, my onuku friend, tire is a domestic thing for Russia and you don't need to have dollar to get a tyre

Stop making my lesson torturous my boy

Svlla:
Fo.oli sh

But like I said I will continue to voluntarily school you

Now tell me what does being the top importer and/or exporter of Rubber has to do with tire production for domestic use?

Or better, what does being the top rubber importer or exporter has to do with Michelin tire production in Russia? Or is it the only company producing tire in Russia?

When you talk of Rubber, does it end with tire production alone??

There's obviously nothing in your empty skull so I will give you this as a take home assignment.

Don't waste my time again

Svlla:


Just when you thought you've seen it all

So carbon is what you're worrying your small head about

BTW use your phone google to check where Rubber can be gotten from, when you're done come back here and I will educate you more boy

Don't worry too much, you don't have to pay. It's my own little way of rendering community service to the educationally less privileged

Svlla:
It is you who doesn't know anything about world economics
What is the raw material you're talking of in making Tyre that Russia doesn't have? Is it Rubber or oil?

Go and get some education on Tyre construction

As regards the trade? This shows you're a novice because tire in Russian is a domestic trade

Sit down and get schooled boy, it's not yet time for you to talk in a conference of elders

Svlla:
Good riddance

Transfer their asset to a management company and continue business as usual

No time

Veteran Fox News cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski has died after his vehicle was struck by incoming Russian fire in Horenka, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday, Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott announced Tuesday.

Fox News journalist Benjamin Hall was with Zakrzewski while news gathering and was also injured. Hall remains hospitalized, Scott said.

"It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we share the news this morning regarding our beloved cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski," Scott said.

"Pierre was a war zone photographer who covered nearly every international story for FOX News from Iraq to Afghanistan to Syria during his long tenure with us," she added. "His passion and talent as a journalist were unmatched."

"Pierre was a constant in all of our international coverage. I, like countless others, always felt an extra sense of reassurance when arriving on the scene and seeing him with camera in hand," Fox News president and executive editor Jay Wallace said Tuesday. "The legacy of his positive spirit, boundless energy and eye for the story will carry on."

"We extend our deepest condolences to Pierre’s wife Michelle and family," Scott wrote to Fox News Media staff. "Please keep them all in your prayers. And please continue to pray for Benjamin Hall."

He is the second journalist killed in Ukraine in two days. Ex-New York Times reporter Brent Renaud died on Sunday after Russian forces opened fire on his vehicle.

seunny4lif:
17 Miles from Kyiv city centre.

seunny4lif:
Bro, he came in Kyiv.
Remember Kyiv is massive and one of the biggest city in Europe.

seunny4lif:
He came to Ukraine
The threat was before he came.
I followed both pro and anti Russia accounts