Russian Parliament has taken the first step to suspend the country's participation in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. The State Duma granted its approval this Tuesday, although the final decision will be formalized simultaneously with the Federation Council on February 21.

The organization documented the deaths of civilians on both sides of the Donbas contact line between 2014 and 2022. One of the OSCE's tasks is to monitor electoral transparency. Their observers have been banned for the first time in the Russian presidential elections.