Russian UN envoy reportedly dies after suffering heart problems

Vitaly Churkin
Vitaly Churkin

Russian foreign ministry gave no details on the circumstances of his death but offered condolences to his relatives.


Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin has died on Monday morning, Russian news agency Interfax is reporting

Churkin was at the Russian embassy on East 67th Street when he became sick with a “cardiac condition” around 9:30 am, sources told the New York Post.

Russian foreign ministry gave no details on the circumstances of his death but offered condolences to his relatives and said the diplomat had died one day before his 65th birthday.






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