Council of Europe Adopted a Set of Resolutions on Alexei Navalny and Kara-Murza Calling for Legal Accountability of Putin

           At its sitting held on April 17, 2024, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted three resolutions addressing several interrelated topics: the death of Alexei Navalny, the need to counter Putin's totalitarian regime and its war on democracy, the arbitrary detention of Vladimir Kara-Murza, the systematic persecution of anti-war protesters in the Russian Federation and Belarus, and sanctions against persons on the “Kara-Murza list.”