#RUSSIA: Parliament To Vote On Leaving OSCE Security Org. That Counts Ukraine, U.S. As Members

[world politics news]

Russia's parliament will vote on Feb. 21 on suspending the country's participation in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation (OSCE), Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said.

The OSCE, which counts Ukraine, the U.S. and Russia among its 57-members, is the successor to a Cold War-era organization for Soviet and Western powers to engage. Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the organization has been largely paralyzed by Moscow's ongoing use of the effective veto each country has.

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#RUSSIA: Parliament Speaker: Fire Professors Who Oppose Ukraine Invasion

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State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said during parliamentary hearings on the development of higher education in Russia that teachers of higher education institutions who oppose Russia's invasion of Ukraine should be asked to resign.

"Anyone who begins to distort and try to use the department, conducting this [anti-war] Propaganda to students, must take and go," he said.

[FULL STORY HERE] (translated from Ukrainian)

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