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Good thing we already have a precedent to change what state the UN recognizes as representative of a country without going through the security council then.
They got the seat because they said they did, and no one challenged it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union
The UN could kick them off the Security Council if they want. They are not the same country and they are not contributing to world security. This their membership on the Security Council is tenuous.
Russia is breaking current rules that outline which wars are legal and which are not. Wars of aggression are illegal. Even Putin agrees with me. Here's Putin's opinion on war and the UN:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_the_Iraq_War
Those are not qualifications for world leadership. Even if they were, Putin has not met his own qualifications for a legal war. Since he and his country are engaged in an illegal war, they should be removed from the Security Council.
None of the other Security Council members have both problems though. You do not get to be a leader based on a technicality. You have to display leadership.
Russia can't even lead their own troops in their own country. They just had unfriendly tanks outside Moscow and Putin had to run away. How can they claim international leadership?
If by "debts and obligations" you mean nukes. That makes total sense.