Vitaly Churkin

UN to hold meeting to honor Russia’s late Ambassador Churkin

UN to hold meeting to honor Russia’s late Ambassador Churkin

The United Nations General Assembly will convene a commemorative meeting at 10:00 local time on March 21 to honor the late Russia’s Permanent Representative, Vitaly Churkin, who died on February 20, the Spokesperson for the …

Russia's UN envoy buried in Moscow

Russia's UN envoy buried in Moscow

Russia’s former Permanent Representative to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, was buried at Moscow's Troyekurovskoye Cemetery today. Churkin's family, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and …

Lavrov urges to immortalise Vitaly Churkin

Lavrov urges to immortalise Vitaly Churkin

Russia’s former Ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin has left a bright impression in history of the Russian foreign policy and diplomacy, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at the farewell …

Russia appoints acting permanent representative to UN

Russia appoints acting permanent representative to UN

Russia’s First Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Pyotr Ilyichev has been appointed as acting Permanent Representative to the organization after Vitaly Churkin’s unexpected death, a …

Moscow holds memorial service for ambassador Churkin

Moscow holds memorial service for ambassador Churkin

A memorial service for the late Russian ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, is taking place in Moscow's Central Clinic Hospital. Churkin will be interred at Moscow's Troyekurovskoye Cemetery …

Vitaly Churkin's body returned to Moscow

Vitaly Churkin's body returned to Moscow

A plane carrying the body of the permanent representative of Russia to the UN Vitaly Churkin has arrived in Moscow from New York. The plane arrived three days after Churkin died suddenly the day before his 65th …

Putin: Churkin's achievements cannot be overestimated

Putin: Churkin's achievements cannot be overestimated

It is difficult to overestimate the achievements of late Russian Ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin, the Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a message expressing condolences to Churkin's family …

World mourns Russia's ambassador to UN Vitaly Churkin

World mourns Russia's ambassador to UN Vitaly Churkin

The UN Security Council issued a press statement on the death of the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, Vitaly Churkin. "The members of the Security Council mourned the Ambassador, …

Russian Ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin passes away

Russian Ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin passes away

Russian Ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin died at the age of 64, just a day before his 65th birthday, in New York on Monday. "A prominent Russian diplomat has passed away while at work. We'd like to …

Churkin: UN failed to carry adequate evacuations in Aleppo

Churkin: UN failed to carry adequate evacuations in Aleppo

The United Nations did not adequately execute evacuations of ill and injured people from Syria’s eastern Aleppo during the humanitarian pause there, the Russian Envoy to UN Vitaly Churkin said during the UN Security Council …

Churkin: tensions with US are probably worst since 1973

Churkin: tensions with US are probably worst since 1973

Russia's U.N. ambassador Vitaly Churkin said that tensions with the United States are probably the worst since the 1973 Mideast war, ABC News reported. However he also noted that Cold War relations between …