Seven years after Russia’s annexation of the Crimea, Heiko Maas, the current Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe and German Foreign Minister, issued a statement on Friday 26 February in which he noted that at the time, the Committee had described the annexation as “illegal”. A condemnation that he reiterates by confirming the “unequivocal and unwavering support for the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its...