BRUSSELS, July 26 (UPI) -- Russian officials have said they think the United Nations' secretary-general overstepped his boundaries by asking to restructure the U.N. operation in Kosovo.

NEW YORK, July 12 (UPI) -- The United Nations General Assembly has decided not to put genocide claims by Ukraine onto its current session agenda, Russian officials said Saturday.

UNITED NATIONS, April 24 (UPI) -- Georgia argued its case before the U.N. Security Council about Russia's aggressive behavior, citing a Russian fighter downing a Georgian surveillance drone.

MOSCOW, April 15 (UPI) -- Russia denied Tuesday that it threatened to block the nomination of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for a second term because of his position on Kosovo.

UNITED NATIONS, April 1 (UPI) -- South Africa is the new leader of the U.N. Security Council in New York, receiving the rotating presidency from Russia.

MOSCOW, March 6 (UPI) -- Moscow has warned Iran that sanctions will become inevitable if it does not comply with the previous resolutions of the U.N. Security Council, which urged it to stop all work on uranium enrichment.

UNITED NATIONS, March 1 (UPI) -- Russia has assumed the rotating presidency of the United Nations' Security Council for the next month.

UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- The Russian ambassador to the United Nations warned the U.N. Security Council of possible violence if Kosovo declares independence unilaterally.

MOSCOW, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Russian U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin says if Kosovo declares independence from Serbia, it will be kept out of the United Nations.