Vitaly Churkin, Russia ambassador to UN, dies at 64
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Vitaly Churkin, Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations, has died suddenly, according to the Russian Embassy in Washington.
Mr Churkin, aged 64, died in New York, the embassy said on Twitter, calling the unexpected death a “tremendous loss for Russian diplomacy”.
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