On June 25, Russia was allowed back into the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) as a full voting member, after being expelled five years ago for its aggression in Ukraine. Through an innocuous sounding measure that pledged to strengthen the assembly’s decision-making processes on credentials and voting, 118 parliamentarians agreed to let Moscow rejoin.
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People visit the Committee of Ministers meeting room during the open day marking the 70th Anniversary of the Council of Europe on May 5, 2019, in Strasbourg, northeastern France.
