The last time Vladimir Putin addressed the U.N. General Assembly, there was no Islamic State, the Syrian civil war was years away, and Crimea was Ukrainian. Back then, in 2005, the Russian president spoke for five minutes. On Monday, he went on for about 20, starting with a defense of Russia’s role on the U.N.’s Security Council disguised as a history lesson. “When the U.N. was established, its founders did not in the least think that there would always be unanimity,” Putin said, adding that disagreement among council member states is “absolutely natural.” Last spring, Russia ignored one U.N. …read more
Source: The Atlantic
