Vitaly Churkin
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Vitaly Ivanovich Churkin (Russian: Виталий Иванович Чуркин; 21 February 1952 – 20 February 2017) was a Russian diplomat and former child actor. He was the Ambassador of Russia to the United Nations from 1 May 2006 until his death. He was also the Ambassador of Russia to Belgium from 1994 to 1998.
Churkin was born in Moscow. He acted in movies as a child with his famous role being as Fedka the peasant boy in A Mother's Heart (1967). He spoke Russian, Mongolian, French and English.
Churkin died on 20 February 2017 in New York City, United States. He died one day before his 65th birthday.[1] The cause was heart failure, according to Russian diplomat Sergei Ordzhonikidze.[2]
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Awarding the order "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV class. 20 February 2012
Barack Obama meets with Vladimir Putin, Vitaly Churkin and other Russian representatives to discuss Syria and ISIL, 29 September 2015
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References
- ↑ Emma Burrows, Milena Veselinovic (20 February 2017). "Vitaly Churkin, Russia's ambassador to UN, dies suddenly at 64". CNN. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link) - ↑ "Скончался постпред России в ООН Виталий Чуркин, мир соболезнует" (in русский). RIA Novosti. Retrieved 20 February 2017.