Russia’s Reasons for UN Veto

... humanitarian interventions. It is not clear what those criteria for intervention are, and how to make sure that intervention doesn’t infringe on state’s sovereignty and that interveners are not guided by selfish ends. Unlawful exercise of humanitarian interventions might pose a threat to Russia causing the spillover effect in the North Caucasus and Central Asia. It is true that Moscow is too cautious and too focused on negative outcomes of the situation in Syria, but it does raise some very serious points. One of Russia’s main concerns ...