Moscow has said that the decision to suspend Russia from the United Nations Human Rights Council on Thursday was “illegal” and “politically motivated”.
The vote at the United Nations General Assembly saw 93 member states vote to suspend Russia.
Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, told Sky News Russia was sorry about the decision and would continue to defend its interests “using every possible legal means”.
It was only the second ever suspension of a country from the Human Rights Council.
The first was Libya in 2011.
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