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'Ruxit' as Russia leaves Council of Europe rights group over Ukraine invasion

Employees of the Council of Europe remove the Russian flag from the Council of Europe building in Strasbourg on 16 March. AP - Jean-Francois Badias

Russia has ceased to be a member of the Council of Europe after over a quarter of a century of membership in the pan-European rights body.

Moscow announced on Tuesday that it was quitting the council, ahead of the formal decision taken Wednesday by the body's committee of ministers to expel Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.

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