Kristof Bender 🇺🇦 Profile picture
Deputy chairman @ESI_eu. South East Europe, democracy, asylum policy. Photography, books.
May 16, 2022 17 tweets 5 min read
It is striking how differently #Russia and #Kosovo have been treated by the governments of 'Council of Europe member states in recent years.

Why it is crucial to put Kosovo’s @coe membership bid on agenda on 20 May ministers meeting in Turin.
A 🧵 /1 Russia waged wars in Chechnya (1999-2000), invaded Georgia (2008), annexed Crimea (2014), triggered war in Eastern Ukraine (from 2014), bombed civilians in Syria (from 2015) and then launched an assault against the whole of Ukraine in February 2022. /2 Image