Putin done it.
On Monday, February 20, 2017 at 2:15:30 PM UTC-6, chirpinginnc wrote: > > Vitaly Churkin, the Russia's ambassador to the United Nations, died in New > York City on Monday at 64, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs > announced in a statement > <http://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/-/asset_publisher/cKNonkJE02Bw/content/id/2652864> > > Monday. > > "A prominent Russian diplomat has passed away while at work. We'd like to > express our sincere condolences to Vitaly Churkin's family," the ministry > said in the statement. > > The foreign ministry's official Facebook account said in a post > <https://www.facebook.com/MIDRussia/posts/975093402590101> that Churkin > "died in harness" a day ahead of this 65th birthday. > > They provided no further details of the circumstances surrounding his > death. > > The Russian embassy in the United States called his passing a > "[t]remendous loss for Russian diplomacy" in a tweet > <https://twitter.com/RusEmbUSA/status/833733448107954177> Monday. > > Former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Samantha Power tweeted > <https://twitter.com/SamanthaJPower/status/833734190101327872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw> > > Monday that she was "devastated" by his passing, calling Churkin a > "Diplomatic maestro &deeply caring man who did all he cld to bridge US-RUS > differences." > > Vitaly was born in Moscow in 1952 and has served as Russia's > representative to the U.N. since 2006. Vitaly previously served as an > ambassador to Belgium and Canada, as well as a liaison to NATO. > > > http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/vitaly-churkin-dies-russia-un-235208 > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
