INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russian lawmakers on Wednesday voted to suspend Moscow's participation in the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe's
upper chamber of parliament, accused the assembly of "biased, discriminatory approaches, double standards, total Russophobia, unpreparedness
for meaningful discussions, including on relevant issues of ensuring equal and indivisible security."The OSCE's parliamentary assembly is
not a decision-making body, but is intended to facilitate dialogue between its members' legislatures.Founded in 1975 to foster relations
between the Western and Eastern blocs, the OSCE has 57 members including both Moscow and Kyiv
Ukraine has called for Russia to be expelled.
