More than 160 cities of the Russian Federation have lost the status of "

More than 160 Russian cities have lost the status of "

The decision to terminate twinning agreements with Russian cities was made by cities in Australia, Austria, Great Britain, Denmark, Greece, Estonia, Spain, Italy, Canada, Latvia, Lithuania, Germany, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, USA,. Dozens more cities are on the way to termination of relations.

In addition, the Union of Baltic Cities recently excluded the Russian cities of St. Petersburg and Gatchina from its membership.. The Ukrainian city of Vivnyansk was accepted into the organization as an associate member.

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To restore Ukraine after the war, they are going to increase the number of “twin cities” among Ukrainian and European cities. This initiative of Ukraine has already been supported by the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.