Russia
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- Russia is part of the Asia / Middle East block
- Russia has participated in 2442 votes since 4 March 1994, most recently on 23 December 2009
Russia is a permanent member of the Security Council.
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Minority votes in the General Assembly
Sometimes these votes highlight an issue where there is a difference from the majority of the international community.
Russia…
| voted alone (out of 130 nations) to abstain on | The draft resolution (resolution 51/233). | 13 June 1997 |
| voted alone (out of 170 nations) to abstain on | Draft resolution E (resolution 53/77 E). | 4 December 1998 |
| voted alone (out of 157 nations) against | The sixth preambular paragraph. | 22 December 1995 |
| voted alone (out of 159 nations) against | Operative paragraph 2 of draft resolution I. | 23 December 1994 |
| voted alone (out of 165 nations) against | Draft resolution VI (resolution 50/193). | 22 December 1995 |
| voted alone (out of 158 nations) against | Operative paragraph 4 of draft resolution I. | 23 December 1994 |
| voted alone (out of 165 nations) against | Draft resolution XI, as orally revised, (resolution 51/116). | 12 December 1996 |
| voted alone (out of 108 nations) against | The eighth preambular paragraph of draft resolution Q. | 15 December 1999 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 178) to abstain on | Draft resolution IV (resolution 63/44). | 2 December 2008 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 121) to abstain on | Draft resolution Q (resolution 54/54 V). | 15 December 1999 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 157) to abstain on | Operative paragraph 21. | 17 December 1999 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 152) to abstain on | Draft resolution G (resolution 50/28 G). | 6 December 1995 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 151) to abstain on | The draft resolution (resolution 51/203). | 17 December 1996 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 165) to abstain on | Draft resolution G (resolution 49/35 G). | 9 December 1994 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 162) against | Draft resolution XI (resolution 52/147). | 12 December 1997 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 159) against | Draft resolution IX as a whole (resolution 54/184). | 17 December 1999 |
| voted with 2 other nations (out of 151) to abstain on | Draft resolution E (resolution 50/28 E). | 6 December 1995 |
| voted with 2 other nations (out of 149) to abstain on | Draft resolution A/50/L.50 (resolution 50/84 D). | 15 December 1995 |
| voted with 2 other nations (out of 165) to abstain on | The draft resolution (resolution 52/79). | 10 December 1997 |
| voted with 2 other nations (out of 162) to abstain on | The draft resolution (resolution 53/69). | 3 December 1998 |
Minority votes in the Security Council
For a permanent member a vote against constitutes a veto.
- 2 December 1994 – The situation in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 12 January 1995 – The situation in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Letter dated 4 January 1995 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/1995/6)
- 5 July 1995 – The situation in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Letter dated 25 June 1995 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/1995/510)
- 22 November 1995 – The situation in the former Yugoslavia
- 30 May 1996 – The situation in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Report of the Secretary-General pursuant to Security Council resolution 1046 (1996) (S/1996/373 and Add.1)
- 27 November 1996 – The situation in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force pursuant to Security Council resolution 1058 (1996) (S/1996/961)
- 30 November 1999 – The question concerning Haiti Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Civilian Police Mission in Haiti (S/1999/908) Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Civilian Police Mission in Haiti (S/1999/1184)
- 21 June 2000 – The situation in Bosnia and Herzegozina Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (S/2000/529)
- 21 April 2004 – The situation in Cyprus Report of the Secretary-General on Cyprus (S/2004/302)
- 29 June 2007 – The situation concerning Iraq
Ambassadors
People who have spoken in the General Assembly or Security Council in the name of Russia. Sometimes ministers or heads of state take the place of the official ambassador of the day.
| Name | Speeches | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Alimov | 3 | 3 November 2008 | 11 December 2008 |
| Mr. Berdennikov | 3 | 9 September 1996 | 12 November 1997 |
| Mrs. Bezlepkina | 1 | 19 October 1994 | 19 October 1994 |
| Mr. Chernenko | 1 | 8 November 2007 | 8 November 2007 |
| Mr. Choulkov | 3 | 17 November 1995 | 12 November 1996 |
| Mr. Chtcherbak | 1 | 23 April 1996 | 23 April 1996 |
| Mr. Chulkov | 19 | 2 November 1995 | 18 October 2007 |
| Mr. Churkin | 157 | 16 May 2006 | 10 December 2009 |
| Mr. Deineko | 4 | 20 July 1995 | 22 December 1997 |
| Mr. Denisov | 51 | 30 July 2004 | 27 March 2006 |
| Mr. Dolgov | 56 | 17 December 1996 | 23 October 2009 |
| Mr. Dzassohov | 1 | 25 October 1996 | 25 October 1996 |
| Mr. Fedortchenko | 1 | 9 November 2000 | 9 November 2000 |
| Mr. Fedotov | 43 | 14 October 1994 | 22 November 2004 |
| Mr. Feoktistov | 1 | 2 December 2008 | 2 December 2008 |
| Mr. Gatilov | 95 | 8 March 1996 | 9 October 2008 |
| Mrs. Gayer | 1 | 8 December 1994 | 8 December 1994 |
| Mr. Golovinov | 1 | 16 May 2007 | 16 May 2007 |
| Mr. Gorelik | 21 | 26 July 1996 | 17 December 1997 |
| Mr. Granovksy | 1 | 21 December 2001 | 21 December 2001 |
| Mr. Granovsky | 62 | 2 November 1998 | 20 May 2002 |
| Mr. Iosifov | 2 | 22 June 2005 | 23 December 2005 |
| Mr. Isakov | 16 | 7 November 1994 | 15 April 2004 |
| Mr. Ivanov | 15 | 22 September 1998 | 24 September 2003 |
| Mr. Karev | 21 | 9 December 1996 | 14 December 2004 |
| Ms. Khakamada | 1 | 4 November 2002 | 4 November 2002 |
| Mr. Khetagurov | 1 | 19 November 1999 | 19 November 1999 |
| Mr. Khryskov | 1 | 7 December 1995 | 7 December 1995 |
| Mr. Kiryanov | 2 | 14 April 2004 | 31 March 2008 |
| Mr. Kiselev | 1 | 4 October 1999 | 4 October 1999 |
| Mr. Knyazhinskiy | 2 | 31 October 2000 | 13 November 2000 |
| Mr. Komizin | 1 | 28 April 2003 | 28 April 2003 |
| Mr. Kondakov | 1 | 8 November 2002 | 8 November 2002 |
| Mr. Kononuchenko | 1 | 11 September 2008 | 11 September 2008 |
| Mr. Konuzin | 57 | 25 October 2001 | 30 November 2005 |
| Mr. Korotkov | 1 | 17 June 2002 | 17 June 2002 |
| Mr. Kovalenko | 1 | 22 December 2006 | 22 December 2006 |
| Mr. Kozyrev | 3 | 17 October 1994 | 26 September 1995 |
| Mr. Kudriavtsev | 1 | 26 October 1994 | 26 October 1994 |
| Mr. Kudryavtsev | 4 | 21 October 1994 | 5 December 1994 |
| Mr. Kuzmenkov | 2 | 20 October 2004 | 17 November 2004 |
| Mr. Kuzmin | 5 | 5 December 2006 | 5 June 2008 |
| Mr. Lavrov | 255 | 23 September 1994 | 16 December 2008 |
| Mr. Leplinskiy | 2 | 22 October 2002 | 9 March 2007 |
| Mr. Lobach | 8 | 12 December 2002 | 28 November 2005 |
| Mr. Lobatch | 1 | 29 October 2002 | 29 October 2002 |
| Mr. Lozinski | 1 | 23 June 1999 | 23 June 1999 |
| Mr. Lozinsky | 1 | 6 December 1999 | 6 December 1999 |
| Mr. Lukiyantsev | 1 | 18 December 2008 | 18 December 2008 |
| Mrs. Lyubalina | 1 | 18 December 2007 | 18 December 2007 |
| Mr. Maksimychev | 5 | 26 October 2005 | 21 July 2008 |
| Mr. Malginov | 1 | 4 November 2008 | 4 November 2008 |
| Mr. Margelov | 1 | 24 July 2009 | 24 July 2009 |
| President Medvedev | 1 | 24 September 2009 | 24 September 2009 |
| Mr. Nebenzia | 2 | 7 December 1998 | 15 December 1999 |
| Mr. Nikiforov | 2 | 18 December 2002 | 10 November 2003 |
| Mr. Onishenko | 1 | 11 June 2008 | 11 June 2008 |
| Mr. Ordzhonikidze | 10 | 26 October 1995 | 5 November 2001 |
| Mr. Orlov | 1 | 18 December 1998 | 18 December 1998 |
| Mr. Ostrovski | 1 | 5 December 1995 | 5 December 1995 |
| Mr. Panevkin | 1 | 26 November 1997 | 26 November 1997 |
| Mr. Pankin | 1 | 30 October 2007 | 30 October 2007 |
| Mr. Primakov | 4 | 24 September 1996 | 25 September 1997 |
| President Putin | 5 | 6 September 2000 | 15 September 2005 |
| Mr. Rogachev | 37 | 23 February 2005 | 26 June 2009 |
| Mr. Rogov | 1 | 17 December 1999 | 17 December 1999 |
| Mr. Romodanovsky | 1 | 14 September 2006 | 14 September 2006 |
| Mr. Safronkov | 1 | 30 April 2008 | 30 April 2008 |
| Mr. Saltanov | 4 | 31 October 2005 | 26 September 2008 |
| Mr. Savostianov | 1 | 19 November 2007 | 19 November 2007 |
| Mr. Scherbak | 1 | 18 April 2006 | 18 April 2006 |
| Mr. Sepelev | 3 | 22 December 1995 | 31 October 1997 |
| Mr. Sergeev | 4 | 12 November 1999 | 23 January 2001 |
| Mr. Shamanov | 1 | 27 October 2003 | 27 October 2003 |
| Mr. Shcherbak | 26 | 20 March 2006 | 7 August 2009 |
| Mr. Shkourko | 2 | 15 September 1995 | 29 January 1996 |
| Mr. Sidorov | 18 | 31 March 1994 | 16 August 1995 |
| Mr. Smirnov | 9 | 28 March 2003 | 19 December 2005 |
| Mr. Stanislavov | 3 | 27 November 2001 | 22 October 2003 |
| Mr. Storchak | 1 | 23 October 2007 | 23 October 2007 |
| Mr. Tarabrin | 7 | 9 December 1999 | 28 November 2001 |
| Mr. Tarev | 1 | 6 December 1994 | 6 December 1994 |
| Mr. Tchoulkov | 12 | 15 October 1996 | 22 December 1999 |
| Mr. Ustinov | 1 | 15 December 2006 | 15 December 2006 |
| Metropolitan Valentin | 1 | 4 October 2007 | 4 October 2007 |
| Mr. Vasiliev | 1 | 30 October 2006 | 30 October 2006 |
| Mr. Vladimirov | 1 | 27 November 1995 | 27 November 1995 |
| Mr. Vorontsov | 20 | 4 March 1994 | 31 July 1994 |
| Mr. Yakovenko | 3 | 23 September 2008 | 8 January 2009 |
| Mr. Yakovlev | 1 | 28 October 1997 | 28 October 1997 |
| Mr. Yeltsin | 1 | 26 September 1994 | 26 September 1994 |
| President Yeltsin | 1 | 22 October 1995 | 22 October 1995 |
| Mr. Yemelyanov | 1 | 16 April 1996 | 16 April 1996 |
| Mr. Zagrekov | 1 | 3 October 2008 | 3 October 2008 |
| Ms. Zbarskaya | 1 | 14 October 2004 | 14 October 2004 |
| Mr. Zheglov | 2 | 3 November 2006 | 26 June 2009 |
| Mr. Zmeevski | 14 | 4 November 1997 | 24 November 1999 |
| Mr. Zurabov | 1 | 2 June 2006 | 2 June 2006 |
