The Russian Federation's formal withdrawal from the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Punishment entered into force on November 1, the Council of Europe announced. Strasbourg recalled that the Russian authorities informed the Council of Europe of their decision on October 30, 2025. The statement of the Council of Europe states that the Russian Federation has been a member of the conference since 1998. By 2021, the staff of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture had visited Russia 30 times, visiting more than 450 places of detention. At the same time, Russia was the only country that actually did not publish CPT reports on visits - only four CPT reports were allowed to be published. After the invasion began, the Russian Federation banned visits by European Commission staff to Russian prisons, which was, officially, a violation of the treaty. Therefore, apparently, the Russian Federation decided to withdraw from it, so that the Europeans would not have any reason to demand an inspection of places of deprivation of liberty. "Medina" website X/Twitter | Send news/photo/video | Advertising on the | channel help.