Nebenzia

After casting the veto and before the council vote on Russia's six-month proposal, Nebenzia said: "If our draft is not supported, then we can just go ahead and close down the cross-border mechanism.

Mr Nebenzia urged council members to support it, but Ms Thomas-Greenfield said the text’s current form “fails to support sensitive diplomacy in the region.

Russia’s UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia dismissed the resolution as “absolutely absurd and politicized,” and said it didn’t go far enough in banning all types of weapons in space.

Russia’s UN ambassador, Vasily Nebenzia, said his country abstained because of doubts in Moscow about the possibility of enforcing the resolution when the warring parties had not yet agreed to the terms of the ceasefire.

Russia’s U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said Monday that Moscow agreed with the proposed U.S. statement condemning the embassy attack.

And Russia’s U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia objected strongly to discussing climate change in the Security Council, saying it is not a threat to international peace and security and should only be discussed in specific cases where it is a risk factor.

In questioning London’s allegations, Nebenzia cited the English fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and his “hapless” Scotland Yard counterpart, Inspector Lestrade.

It’s obvious,” said Nebenzia of the US request to the sanctions committee.

Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia arrives for a Security Council meeting on the situation between Britain and Russia, Thursday, April 5, 2018 at United Nations headquarters.

Russian U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said on Monday that Moscow has warned the United States of “grave repercussions” if it carries out an attack against Syrian government forces over reports of a deadly chemical weapons attack.

Russia’s U.N. ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, urged the Arab League and the Middle East Quartet — which includes representatives from the United States, the European Union, Russia, and the United Nations — to step in to revive stalled political talks.

Saturday’s United Nations vote came after being delayed on Friday when Russia’s UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia had repeatedly called an immediate ceasefire unrealistic.

The pullout of all foreign military forces that are illegally stationed in Syria will facilitate the settlement of the conflict in that country, Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia said on Thursday.

The US representative Kelley Currie accused the Syrian regime of violating the ceasefire, while Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia accused the rebels.