Yesterday (7 April 2022), a special session of the UN General Assembly deprived Russia of the right to vote in the UN Human Rights Council. This decision was supported by 93 countries and opposed by 24. This event has some peculiarities. First, the issue of human rights is quite sensitive and ambiguous for many UN member states. Apparently, this was the reason why some of states decided to abstain. At the same time, “problematic” countries — North Korea, Belarus, Syria, Eritrea, Iran, etc — voted against this decision. Traditionally, China holds a special position, having recently signed a major declaration with Russia, which pathetically stated that “human rights cannot be an instrument of pressure on any country”. But more importantly, there is a powerful group of nations that, dominating the UN General Assembly, support Ukraine and condemn the aggressor.