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Memorial Service for Russia's UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin in Moscow

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A memorial service for Vitaly Churkin, the late Russian ambassador to the United Nations, is taking place in Moscow's Central Clinic Hospital. 24.02.2017, Sputnik International

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Memorial Service for Russia's UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin in Moscow

07:38 GMT 24.02.2017 (Updated: 08:20 GMT 24.02.2017)

© Sputnik / Eduard Pesov / Go to the mediabankFlowers and portrait in the building of the Russian Foreign Ministry, a tribute to Vitaly Churkin, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations.

Flowers and portrait in the building of the Russian Foreign Ministry, a tribute to Vitaly Churkin, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations. - Sputnik International

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A memorial service for Vitaly Churkin, the late Russian ambassador to the United Nations, is taking place in Moscow's Central Clinic Hospital.

Churkin died at his workplace in New York on Monday, a day before his 65th birthday. He had served as Russia's permanent envoy to the United Nations and Russian representative in the UN Security Council since April 2006.