UN Headquarters in New YorkWASHINGTON, Apr 8The US administration does not expect Russia to be able to remove its status as a permanent member of the UN Security Council in connection with the events in Ukraine, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Friday. permanent member (of the UN Security Council). We do not expect this to happen. However, it is clear that yesterday's decision to suspend Russia's membership in the UN Human Rights Council is evidence of a global response to the atrocities that we have seen in Ukraine,» Psaki said during a regular briefing.
The Kremlin commented on the situation with the expulsion of Russia from the UN HRC The UN General Assembly adopted on Thursday a resolution suspending Russia's participation in the UN HRC. The decision, taken because of Russia's actions in Ukraine, deprived the Russian Federation of the right to vote and the right to speak in the Council. In response, Russia announced that it was terminating its powers in the HRC. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24th. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. In response, Western countries have introduced a number of new anti-Russian sanctions. Many foreign companies have suspended their work in the Russian Federation. As stated in the Kremlin, Western sanctions are very serious, Russia was preparing for them in advance, they require analysis and coordination of departments in order to develop response measures that meet the interests of the Russian Federation. Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that the policy of containment and weakening of Russia is a long-term strategy of the West, and the sanctions dealt a serious blow to the entire global economy. Medvedev called all restrictions bypassing the UN reprisals
