Russia announces leaving the Council of Europe, hours before its expected expulsion.
It means that Russian citizens will not be able to bring cases to the European Court of Human Rights, and the Russian government can re-introduce the death penalty.
It means that Russian citizens will not be able to bring cases to the European Court of Human Rights, and the Russian government can re-introduce the death penalty.





Russia is constantly changing its tactics for massive strikes, "trying to find vulnerabilities" and break through Ukraine's air defenses, Serhii Flash said.
"Thanks to the SBU. I'm fine. Unlike the hitman. Russia should burn," Serhii Sternenko wrote on Telegram on March 24.
Russia launched a combined missile and drone attack on multiple Ukrainian cities overnight on March 24, local officials reported.
The number includes 890 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
"The geopolitical situation has become more complicated," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
The 61-year-old passenger was killed by a Russian FPV drone.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on March 23 that Ukrainian intelligence believes Russian forces may be preparing a new, large-scale attack, and urged citizens to remain alert for air raid warnings.
Neither Russia nor Iran has publicly reacted to Zelensky's claim at the time of publication. Zelensky's statement comes as the Middle East tensions surge in the fourth week of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran.