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Russia fails to win back U.N. aviation council seat in rebuke
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on September 27, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on September 27, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Russia's attempt to join the U.N. aviation council was rejected, reflecting ongoing tensions due to its actions in Ukraine.
MONTREAL (Reuters) -Russia failed to win enough support on Saturday to get elected to the United Nation's aviation agency's governing council, in the latest rebuke of Moscow for actions taken after its 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
Russia fell short of support needed to win a seat on the International Civil Aviation Organization's 36-nation governing council, during the agency's assembly, which runs through October 3 in Montreal.
(Reporting by Allison Lampert in Montreal; Editing by Bill Berkrot)
Russia failed to win enough support to be elected to the U.N. aviation agency's governing council.
The assembly took place in Montreal and runs through October 3.
The failure to secure a seat is seen as a rebuke of Moscow for its actions following recent geopolitical tensions.
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