Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on Aug. 25 signed a resolution calling for Moscow to withdraw from the European ...

Russia has begun the process of withdrawing from the European Convention on the Prevention of Torture. Source: Radio Liberty, cited by European Pravda Details: Russian ruler Vladimir Putin submitted a ...

On Sept. 29, 2025, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law withdrawing from the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture, symbolically making Russia the first country in history to ...

MOSCOW — Russia on Monday opted out of a European convention on fighting corruption, a move that comes in the wake of its withdrawal from the Council of Europe following start of Moscow’s military ...

Russia will formally withdraw from Europe’s convention for the prevention of torture, a move some rights advocates say is largely symbolic given the country’s already worsening human rights record.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a law denouncing the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture, according to a government website. Russia's parliament ...

According to Konstantin Kosachev, not only was Russia one of the first countries to sign the convention in 1999, but it had actively assisted in drafting it MOSCOW, January 10. /TASS/. Russia will not ...