>> to establish that the Russian Federation is, in fact, not a permanent member of the UN Security Council at all. The argument comes down to a literal reading

>> to establish that the Russian Federation is, in fact, not a permanent member of the UN Security Council at all. The argument comes down to a literal reading of Article 23(1) of the UN Charter, which provides that ‘The Republic of China, France, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America shall be permanent members of the Security Council.’ There is an obvious issue here: the USSR ceased to exist in December 1991, and the Charter has not been amended Ah, so by UN law they're dealing with USSR, now I understand why Putin tries to restore the countries borders /s edit: why not just choose Ukraine to be the USSR successor state in the same way China was replaced as a permanent member; bring in the UN peace-forces ASAP