Source: Dawn
MOSCOW: Russia’s combative ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, died suddenly in New York on Monday after being taken ill at work.The Russian foreign ministry said nothing about the circumstances of his death, but offered condolences to his relatives and said the diplomat had died one day before his 65th birthday.It declined to comment on reports that Churkin had been taken to a hospital shortly before his death. A US government official said Churkin had died of an apparent heart attack.
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