Rexit: Russia Withdraws from the Council of Europe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% :Founded in the 1950s, the Council of Europe should not be confused with the European Union or two similarly named EU institutions, the Council of the European Union and the European Council.
45% : The two organisations are informally linked, however, insofar as countries applying to join the European Union must agree to have regard to European Court of Human Rights case law, and a sitting Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom has -- prior to Brexit -- stated his belief that "it is not possible to be a member of the European Union and to have left or denounced the European Convention on Human Rights."
28% : Russia has reportedly left the Council of Europe, which oversees the European Court of Human Rights, alleging European Union and NATO "abuse" of their influence in the organisation.

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