Russia's Long-Time Permanent Representative to the UN Has Died in New York

Feb. 20, 2017

Vitaly Churkin, Russia's permanent representative to the United Nations since 2006, died suddenly in New York City on Monday, a day shy of his 65th birthday.

The New York Post reported that Churkin was taken ill "with heart problems," quoting sources. He was pronounced dead at 10:55am local time, the same sources added.

Russia's Foreign Ministry has yet to comment on the circumstances of his death.

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