Russia is Considering Freezing its Membership of the European Court of Human Rights

World | October 23, 2017, Monday // 13:56
Bulgaria: Russia is Considering Freezing its Membership of the European Court of Human Rights twitter.com Alex Kokcharov

Russia is considering freezing its membership of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in the Council of Europe and reducing its contribution to this organization, BBC quoted Izvestia.

According to high-ranking sources from the State Duma and the Council of the Federation - the Russian Senate, Moscow plans to cut its contribution to the Council of Europe by 7 to 10 million dollars, which corresponds approximately to the means of the court.

Russia will take this decision if it does not get the right to vote when electing judges in the ECHR.

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