Vladimir Putin United Nations Quotations

It is clear that the international community has no other universal organisation of the likes of the United Nations.

Of course one always has to follow international law. This was also the case in Crimea. According to the Charter of the United Nations, every people has the right to self-determination.

The Soviet Union, and Russia as the successor state to the Soviet Union, is a founding member state of the United Nations and a permanent member of its Security Council.