23/02/2022 (Agence Europe) – In a statement issued yesterday afternoon, Leendert Verbeek, the President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, like the Secretary General, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly and the President of the Committee of Ministers, condemned Russia’s recognition of the “so-called ‘people’s republics’” of Donetsk and Lugansk, “in flagrant violation of international law and the Minsk agreements”. He also...