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Eugene Vindman: “Russia's accession process to the UN was not followed…”

Featuring: Eugene Vindman, Democratic | U.S. House, Virginia, District 7

Yurii Lutsenko with Yevgeny Vindman

Published September 12, 2022 | Video Starts at 07:52

And this is not a normal accession because they're been historic examples of Yugoslavia states assessing from the former Yugoslavia and … Russia's accession process to the UN was not followed properly for a P5 membership. … It's an important question. I think it needs to be raised, it needs to be considered fully and it needs to be resolved. (07:52–08:03)

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Asserts that Russia did not follow the proper process for UN P5 membership.

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“Russia continues to be a nuclear power, a very much diminished military power.”
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“There was an unprecedented vote in the General Assembly earlier in the conflict where 120, 130 plus members voted to condemn [Russia].”
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“Only a dozen or so [UN members] supported [Russia].”
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“Significant atrocities committed by Russian soldiers and the Russian military against what they claim is their brotherly peoples.”
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