On 1 March, Russia was expelled from the Danube Commission, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said.
According to him, at its 100th anniversary session in December last year, "during the first Ukrainian presidency, the organisation decided that Russia's actions were incompatible with the Belgrade Convention".
"Russia had until 29 February to withdraw from the organisation on its own. However, the aggressor did not have the courage to do so. As a result, starting today, the Commission's member states will no longer officially recognise their obligations to Russia under the founding Belgrade Convention," Kuleba said on his Facebook page.
In addition, for the first time in its history, the Danube Commission fined Russia for non-payment of contributions after it was stripped of its powers in the organisation in March 2022.
Kuleba called on all international organisations to follow suit and isolate Russian diplomats.
The Danube Commission is an international intergovernmental organisation established by the Convention regarding the regime of navigation on the Danube, signed in Belgrade on 18 August 1948.