Russia's UN Security Council Presidency Sparks Controversy and Criticism.

Russia's U.N. ambassador rejected U.S. and EU descriptions of its presidency of the Security Council this month as an April Fool's joke and announced a meeting to be chaired by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on defending the principles of the U.N. Charter, which Moscow is widely accused of breaking by invading Ukraine. The U.S. and EU called Russia's takeover of the council presidency an April Fool's joke. The council president presides over meetings and gets to decide the topics of key sessions, often presided over by foreign ministers and sometimes presidents.