Died, Russia’s permanent representative to the UN Vitaly Churkin February 20, 2017 RR Politics Russia’s envoy to the UN Vitaly Churkin © REUTERS/Brendan McDermid MOSCOW, February 20. /TASS/. Permanent representative of Russia to the UN Vitaly Churkin has died at the age of 64 in new York. This was reported in the foreign Ministry. Comments comments