...Vitaly Churkin, Russias U.N. ambassador, argued that the targeted sanctions that the U.S. and others wanted to impose on Mugabes clique exceeded the Security Councils mandate. We believe such practices to be illegitimate and dangerous, he said, describing the resolution as one more obvious attempt to take the Council beyond its charter prerogatives. Veto!
Mugabes campaign of murder and intimidation didnt strike Churkin as illegitimate and dangerous only the U.N. resolution to bring a halt to it was illegitimate and dangerous. Shameful. "