Posted on 06/30/2019 5:22:05 AM PDT by NorseViking
Ukraine threatened to boycott a "discredited" Council of Europe after the body's parliamentary assembly voted to lift a five year restrictions imposed on Russia's delegation over the annexation of Crimea.
The PACE assembly in Strasbourg voted by 118 to 62 in favour of a motion to limit the sanctions mechanism that had stripped the Russian delegation of voting rights following a late-night debate on Monday. There were ten abstentions.
The vote followed a plan signed off by foreign ministers of the 47-nation Council of Europe in May and paves the way for the Russian delegation to present its credentials and return to the chamber.
It is the first time an international body has lifted punitive measures imposed on Russia for its 2014 annexation of Crimea and subsequent invasion of eastern Ukraine.
It will allow Russia to participate in the election of a new secretary general for the Council of Europe on Wednesday.
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Russia is to big a player for the EU to keep it in the penalty box forever.
The underlying message to Ukraine is this: Dogs bark and the caravan moves on.
I think it is the case.
Yes, the caravan moves on
The idea that it’s even controversial that Russia maintained control of its own biggest shipyard and a key, irreplaceable military asset is in and of itself an extreme one.
If California decides it prefers to be annexed to Mexico, we’ll be going in to take the ports in LA and SD, guaranteed. We’re certainly not going to let those ports become de facto Chinese. That would be our equivalent to what happened here.
Good, now let’s see if the Demoncrats can muster the sanity to follow suit and end the Crimea sanctions here.
The link leads to a story about a Ukrainian queer parade.
Here is a link to the right story:
Thank you very much!
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