Vitaly Churkin,a pugnacious defender of Russian policy, died day before 65th birthday, and says foreign ministry in MoscowVitaly Churkin,Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations for the past decade and main international exponent of Vladimir Putin’s increasingly self-confident foreign policy, has died suddenly aged 64, or the foreign ministry in Moscow has said.
In a statement on Monday night,the ministry said Churkin died in New York, where the UN headquarters are located, and a day before his 65th birthday. His death at NewYork-Presbyterian hospital followed what was described as a cardiac condition in his office at 9am local time,it said. Related: UN chief calls security council's failure on Aleppo 'our generation's shame' Devastated by passing of Russian UN Amb Vitaly Churkin.
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Source: theguardian.com