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When did Russian Federation take over the seat of the former USSR as a permanent member of the Security Council?

  1. December, 1991

  2. December, 1992

  3. December, 1993

  4. December, 1994
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The Russian Federation took over the permanent seat of the former USSR in the UN Security Council in December 1991, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. This was a peaceful transition where Russia assumed the USSR's Security Council permanent membership and veto power. This happened shortly after the Belavezha Accords in December 1991 that dissolved the USSR.

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