There is tension in the air a few days before the annual meeting of the Committee of Ministers (CM) of the Council of Europe (CoE), which will be held in Helsinki on 16 and 17 May. Admittedly, the stakes are high, since the Strasbourg-based international organisation and the Russian Federation could define a way out of the crisis at the meeting. Will a Ruxit - which would be devastating for both parties - be avoided?
The crisis dates back to the annexation of Crimea in March 2014....