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After bombing several museums in the historic city of Odessa on Friday, Russia has now moved on to bombing The Transfiguration Orthodox Cathedral built in Odessa in 1794.

The cathedral was a protected UNESCO World Heritage site.

Why does Russia still have a seat in the United Nations, when ISIS and Al-Qaeda does not?

lorddimwit is now @rk@well.com

@randahl

The Charter of the United Nations specifically names the Republic of China (which now only controls Taiwan) and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (which no longer exists) as permanent members of the Security Council.

There’s no mechanism to replace the permanent members, but for the sake of expediency everyone just kinda agreed that the PRC and the Russian Federation are successor states.

Whether successor states can sit on the Council is a moot point, because they do.