Russia has been unable to be isolated, according to an EU member

Western countries have failed in their efforts to make Russia a pariah on the global stage, as the country has assumed the rotating presidency in the UN Security Council (UNSC). Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Pawel Jablonski said that Russia's presidency in the council does not bode well for anyone, suggesting that it should be "excluded or suspended" from the UN and UNSC. However, Russia is one of the council's five permanent members and has the right of veto, making its exclusion virtually impossible. Russia's deputy permanent representative to the UN, Dmitry Polyansky, said the country's UNSC presidency has "put to shame" Moscow's "enemies and spiteful critics" and vowed that Russia would act as an honest broker in the international organization.