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    Commentary: Read the words as they appear — Russia is not a member of the United Nations Security Council

    by Ian Hurd, Chicago Tribune Mar 02, 2022 3 minutes
    Vasily Nebenzya, Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations, takes notes as Sergiy Kyslytsya, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, speaks during a special session of the General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters on Feb. 28, 2022, in New York City.

    With a Russian invasion looming, the Ukrainian ambassador sat across from his Russian counterpart, his first chance to unload the frustrations and anxieties of a nation directly to its aggressor. He opened not with a complaint about shelling or a defense of sovereignty but with a request that the United Nations release the legal memos from 1991 that permitted Russia to take over the Soviet Union’s old seat at the Security Council.

    The apparently obscure reference, made even more arcane by the fact

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