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Goodbye - Dosvedanya! Russia excluded from the Council of Europe
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Goodbye - Dosvedanya! Russia excluded from the Council of Europe

16 March 2022
In an extraordinary meeting this morning, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, decided, in the context of the procedure launched under Article 8 of the Statute of the Council of Europe, that the Russian Federation ceases to be a member of the Council of Europe as from today, after 26 years of membership. The Russian flag was later lowered from in front of the Council of Europe headquarters in Strasbourg.
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Opinion: On Ukraine, Armenia seeks to avoid the dark side of history
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Opinion: On Ukraine, Armenia seeks to avoid the dark side of history

16 March 2022
Armenia is one of the countries that have had to make difficult decisions whilst positioning itself in the current stand-off between Russia and Ukraine. Despite the fact that it has little room for manoeuvre, and is very dependent on Russia in many spheres, Armenia has taken a pragmatic but principled position, writes Bojan Stojkovski in this op-ed for commonspace.eu
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GEU Podcast: After Ukraine, can we still talk about soft power? - with Prof Jamie Shea
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GEU Podcast: After Ukraine, can we still talk about soft power? - with Prof Jamie Shea

14 March 2022
“EU soft power will still be a factor, but I think the EU now recognises that this works more with like-minded countries that aspire to join the EU... The notion that soft power works on countries with different political systems – I think that has been, if you like, the victim of the Ukrainian crisis” says Prof Jamie Shea in this episode of our Global Europe Unpacked podcast.
William Murray
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UN Secretary General: "The possibility of nuclear conflict, which was once unthinkable, is now possible again."
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UN Secretary General: "The possibility of nuclear conflict, which was once unthinkable, is now possible again."

14 March 2022
United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres told reporters at the UN Headquarters, that the conflict in Ukraine can turn into a nuclear one. "The possibility of nuclear conflict, which was once unthinkable, is now possible again," he said. Noting that Russia's raising the nuclear alert level is a "creepy" development, Guterres said, "The possibility of nuclear conflict, which was once unthinkable, is now possible again. "Ukraine is on fire. The country is being destroyed before the eyes of the world."  Saying that the impact of Russia's war against Ukraine on civilians has reached "terrible dimensions", Guterres told the assembled journalists, "Whatever the outcome, there will be no winners in this war, only losers."