The credentials of the Russian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) were challenged on two counts on Monday 27 January in Strasbourg at the opening of the first part of the 2020 session.
On the one hand, for formal reasons, because of the presence in its ranks of individuals on the European Union’s blacklist drawn up after the annexation of the Crimea in 2014.
On the other hand, for substantial reasons, following the announcement by the Russian...