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DISINFO: Russia is on a well-known course of supporting the UN

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United Nations Sovereignty Russian superiority International Law

DISINFO: Russia is on a well-known course of supporting the UN

SUMMARY

Russia is expected to continue on its well-known course of reaffirming the activation of the role of the United Nations and its various institutions (and decisions) ... Nonetheless, the implementation mechanisms and the means of procrastinating and circumventing the UN decisions, which happens often under the eyes and ears of the international community, and suspicious silence from the West, turn the role of the UN and its decisions as an "advisory" or "optional" role that applies to some, but not to others.

RESPONSE

A pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about Russia being respectful of international law, and trying to deflect responsibility by pointing fingers at the US.

Russia has a long record of violating other states' sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Since 1991, Russia was involved in several international conflicts, including military intervention in neighbouring states, such as Georgia in 2008; the occupation of Abkhazia and South Ossetia provinces and occupation of parts of Ukraine in 2014.

Russia is also the subject of a series of UN General Assembly (UNGA) resolutions, and the history of respecting these resolutions, especially the ones related to Ukraine, tells another story.

Article 2, paragraph 4 of the UN Charter declares without ambiguity that "all Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations". Whereas a year after the illegal annexation of Crimea, Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted his plan to annex Ukrainian territories.

The UN resolution 2202 (2015) pointed out Peaceful Settlement in Eastern Ukraine by calling on all parties to fully implement the “Package of Measures for the Implementation of the Minsk Agreements”, in which most of the measures depend heavily on Russia and its proxies.

UN Resolution 68/262 condemned Russia's illegal actions in Ukraine, and affirm the General Assembly's commitment to the territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognised borders.

The General Assembly adopted on 17 December 2018 a resolution urging the Russian Federation to withdraw its military forces from Crimea and end its temporary occupation of Ukraine’s territory without delay.

See similar cases claiming that Russia respects the sovereignty of all states and that Russia fully respects international law in Crimea and elsewhere.

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