UNITED NATIONS: Russia said Monday that it would like to see a woman as the next UN secretary general and would back a candidate from Eastern Europe; days after Bulgarian Kristalina Georgieva entered the race.

Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, whose country holds the Security Council presidency this month, also said a formal vote to pick a successor to Ban Ki-moon could happen soon.

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