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US Ambassador to Russia Expresses Condolences Over Churkin's Death

© Sputnik / Sergey Guneev / Go to the mediabankJohn F. Tefft, the United States Ambassador to the Russian Federation, at a reception on the occasion of the US Independence Day at the US Ambassador's residence in Moscow
John F. Tefft, the United States Ambassador to the Russian Federation, at a reception on the occasion of the US Independence Day at the US Ambassador's residence in Moscow - Sputnik International
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John Tefft expressed condolences to the family of Russian Ambassador to UN Vitaly Churkin over the untimely death of the Russian diplomat.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — US Ambassador to Russia John Tefft on Monday expressed condolences to the family of Russian Ambassador to UN Vitaly Churkin over the untimely death of the Russian diplomat.

"Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and loved ones of Vitaly Ivanovich Churkin," the embassy's press service quoted Tefft as saying.

Churkin, 64, who has served as Russia's Permanent Representative to UN since April, 2006, died in New York earlier on Monday.

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