[RusIvan]

Russia did maintain the Soviet seat at the UN when the Soviet Union collapsed.==

Iraq continues to maintain thier seat in UN after the goverment of Sddam Hussein. So what? Does it mean that today Iraqi goverment is same as Saddam's?

[Just mythoughts]

"Iraq continues to maintain thier seat in UN after the goverment of Sddam Hussein. So what? Does it mean that today Iraqi goverment is same as Saddam's?"

Not quite the same comparison, Iraq never sat on the permanent 5, like the Soviet Union did. Yet when the Soviets fell off the wall Russia got, maintained, no discussion about who would should or could be the proper replacement for the permanent seat. Now you want to point the finger that it was not Russia that were Soviets then why did Russia get their seat.