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Because that is not Russia's seat. It's the Soviet Union's seat. They left the Soviet Union in 1990. In fact, Ukraine left after them, so they have a better claim to the UN seat.
That argument might have made sense if it were being made in like 1992 but it's been Russia's seat for over 30 years