[Tailgunner Joe]

What did Vladimir Putin say about the UN?

"The United Nations is the only universal international organisation," he said. "It is the key element of the whole system of international relations." - Vladimir Putin

Russia is just getting exactly what it demanded. It wanted UN rules and so it got UN rules.

[endthematrix]

From your link: "All sorts of attempts to resolve issues in violation of U.N. resolutions, as happened in Kosovo and some other issues, are counterproductive and cannot help achieve peace and stability," Medvedev said at the start of the talks with Ban Ki-moon."

The Russsian protest is with EULEX: "This rule of law mission is projected as a continuation of the international civil presence in Kosovo envisaged by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244, although Russia and Serbia consider the mission illegal."

On April 14, 2008, Vladimir Chizhov, the Permanent Representative of Russia to the EU, outlined the Russian position on the Kosovo.“The EU has decided to dispatch a civilian - police mission, EULEX, to Kosovo. It’s a classical case of the road to (hell) paved with good intentions. We would not mind the EU taking its share of responsibility for what is happening in and around Kosovo. We would not mind the EU organising a mission. But on one necessary condition: that this mission be mandated by the UNSC. Otherwise it lacks legitimacy.” “It’s not without reason that the UN Secretariat has been rejecting any approaches from EU for handover from UNMIK to EULEX.” *