“This is not the first time that representatives of various countries, including Ukraine, are trying to assert themselves through speculations about the legitimacy of Russia's presence in the Security Council.
The calculation is clear - it is for an inexperienced audience far from knowledge of international law, ”RIA Novosti quoted Vershinin as saying during a meeting of the UN Security Council.
He recalled that Russia is the successor state of the USSR.
“It is, in fact, only about changing the name of the state.
And Ukraine has just become a successor state, that is, it is a new state entity,” Vershinin concluded.
Earlier, the permanent representative of Ukraine to the UN said that after the liquidation of the USSR in 1991, Russia did not go through the procedure for joining the UN, provided for by its charter, and declared itself a member of the UN and the Security Council.
The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, recalled that Russia is the successor to the Soviet Union.
Zakharova also cited three documents at the briefing, including reading out the decision of the CIS Council of Heads of State dated December 21, 1991, which states that “the countries of the commonwealth support Russia in continuing the USSR’s membership in the UN, including permanent membership in the Security Council and other international organizations."