Before revision: The United Nations Secretariat however expressed the following opinion: Soviet Union The Russian SFSR within the Soviet Union in 1956–1991|260px International convention since the end of the Cold War has come to distinguish two distinct circumstances where such privileges are sought by such a successor state, in only the first of which may such successor states assume the name or privileged international position of their predecessor.
After revision: Russia and theThe United Nations Secretariat however expressed the following opinion: Soviet Union The Russian SFSR within the Soviet Union in 1956–1991|260px International convention since the end of the Cold War has come to distinguish two distinct circumstances where such privileges are sought by such a successor state, in only the first of which may such successor states assume the name or privileged international position of their predecessor.