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Russia's president Vladimir Putin reacts during a meeting with Belarus' President in the Kremlin in Moscow on September 26, 2025. ©Ramil Sitdikov / POOL / AFP
President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a law to pull Russia out of a European anti-torture convention, Moscow's latest rejection of Western institutions and rights protections amid its offensive on Ukraine.
According to a document published online by Russian authorities, Putin approved a law to denounce the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture, a landmark agreement that aims to strengthen the rights of people deprived of their liberty, such as prisoners.
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