“At no time did I speak with Tsar Putin’s puppet”, Borys Tarasyuk, Ukraine’s permanent representative to the Council of Europe, said at lunchtime on Tuesday, referring to his Russian counterpart, Ivan Soltanovsky.
“I had no reason to address a liar”, he added, referring to the two days of negotiations that led to the Committee of Ministers announcing the immediate suspension of Russia’s representations to the Council of Europe.
“The situation in Ukraine is horrible”, the...