"Russia's UN Security Council Chairmanship: Latest Developments and Controversies"

Elizabeth Whelan, sister of Paul Whelan who has been detained in Russia for over four years, will attend a UN Security Council meeting chaired by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to highlight the human cost of Russia's wrongful detention of US citizens. The US State Department has designated both Whelan and Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich as wrongfully detained. As tensions continue to rise between Russia and the US, Lavrov and Secretary of State Antony Blinken have no plans to meet on the sidelines of Monday's meeting.