Russia heads the UN Security Council

For the first time since April 2023, Russia has assumed a one-month rotating presidency of the UN Security Council and is likely to use this position as a basis for projecting power in the international system, as it has historically done.

This was reported by RBC-Ukraine with reference to a report by the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

"According to the ISW, during the Russian presidency in April 2023, Russia used its presidency of the UN Security Council to promote several narratives about Russia's desired influence in the international system. And earlier (ISW - ed.) noted that Russia uses its veto power in the UN Security Council as a basis for projecting power," the report says.

Analysts note that several high-ranking Russian officials have recently launched several information operations designed to absolve themselves of responsibility for Russia's well-documented violations of international law in Ukraine.

"Probably to create conditions for the future presidency of the UN Security Council," the experts added.

Author - Serhii Kolomiets, 02/07/2024