Russia assumes UN Security Council presidency amidst controversy.

Russia is set to take charge of the UN Security Council from Saturday, despite facing an arrest warrant for war crimes and pursuing an unprovoked war of aggression in Ukraine. The move has been criticised by the Ukrainian mission to the UN, which has said it will stay away from the council in April except in the case of an “issue of critical national security interest”. The US, Britain, France and their supporters on the council are likely to show their disapproval by downgrading the level of their representation at Russian-hosted events over the course of the month.