The credentials of the Russian delegation, challenged on Monday on "substantive grounds" at the opening of the first 2020 part-session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), were ratified on Wednesday 29 January by 96 votes to 44, with 7 abstentions.
The adopted resolution is based on a report by Tiny Kox (European United Left) of the Netherlands, drafted on behalf of the Monitoring Committee.
It notes the progress made since the return of the delegation of the...