Council suspends 80-year link with Russian city and says it is exploring options for twinning with Mariupol
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Coventry council has voted to suspend the world’s first twin city relationship, pausing its 80-year connection with the Russian city of Volgograd over the country’s invasion of Ukraine.
The council announced “with a heavy heart” it was suspending twinning links with Volgograd, formerly Stalingrad, and would explore the possibility of twinning with the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol.