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THIS YEAR we are celebrating the quarter-century anniversary of Russia's membership of the Council of Europe (CoE). Twenty-five years is a good time to take stock of the results and make plans based on those results.
I would like to begin with a few words about the organization itself, because, as paradoxical as it may sound, its profile in European politics and in public perception is often very vague. The Council of Europe is often confused with the European Union (EU) or, "at best," equated with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
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