The two politicians, both of whom are among the country'smost high-profile lawmakers, made the comments in an article published in theGerman newspaper Die Welt and theUkrainian newspaper Ukrainska Pravdaon Wednesday.
"Russia'smembership of the Council of Europe may have made some sense in the early days,when there was still some political pluralism. A few independent politicians,such as Sergey Kovalev, the eminent human rights activist, represented thecountry in the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly," the articlesaid. "But that time is long past."
"Of the many ways in which Russiais exceptional, its membership of Europe's premier humanrights body, the Council of Europe, is perhaps the most embarrassing," it said.
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