Day: February 21, 2017

Valentina Matvienko The Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko considers that it is early to talk about who could replace the deceased Vitaly Churkin, the post of Russia’s Ambassador to the United Nations (UN). This opinion was expressed by the Senator on Tuesday, February 21, RIA Novosti reported. “Even unethical to speak about it yet, even unethical,” said Matvienko. She added that to find a worthy candidate for this position will be extremely difficult, as Churkin was a man of “higher skills”. It stressed that the diplomat “died in the line of duty, because in recent times due to strong external environment in the Security Council he had, of course, to defend the position of Russia hard, it was constant tension.” The head of the Federation Council Committee on international Affairs Konstantin Kosachev in an interview with National news service (NSN), in turn, Churkin called a great patriot of

Vladimir Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin called the permanent representative of Russia to the UN Vitaly Churkin, who died the day before, one of the most prominent diplomats, a true patriot and citizen. The text of the telegram of condolence the wife of Ambassador Irina Churkinoj and his children Anastasia and Maxim published on the Kremlin website. “His untimely death is a severe, truly an irreparable loss for Russian foreign policy. And because it happened so suddenly, the pain of loss is felt particularly acutely,” wrote Putin. The President also noted that Churkin was a man of deep intelligence, and extraordinary energy and thus possessed a rare charm and sense of humor. His merits cannot be overestimated, said Putin. Most clearly the ability of the diplomat was evident during his work with the Ambassador to the UN, the report says. “For more than 10 years, sometimes in extremely arduous conditions,

Dmitry Peskov Moscow considers inappropriate question about the conditions under which Russia could recognize the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk people’s Republic. This was stated press Secretary of Russian President Dmitry Peskov, reports on Tuesday, February 21, the correspondent of”.ru”. “In this situation, the virtual arguments are irrelevant and inapplicable,” — said Peskov. He stressed that at the moment the two republics are not recognized by Moscow or Kiev. They are “brutal blockade”, which pushed the Russian government on the recognition of documents issued to residents of Donbass, said the official representative of the Kremlin. Russian President Vladimir Putin on 18 February signed a decree on the recognition of the country “documents and license plates of vehicles issued to citizens of Ukraine and stateless persons permanently residing on the territories of separate districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions”. In accordance with the decree of the inhabitants of these territories can enter