MOSCOW: The Kremlin on Thursday announced the appointment of Vasily Nebenzya as Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations, replacing the previous long-serving envoy Vitaly Churkin who died in February.
President Vladimir Putin signed a decree appointing Nebenzya, the Kremlin wrote on its website.
Nebenzya will start in the new post as relations between Russia and the West have hit post-Cold War lows over Moscow’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine and its role in escalating the eastern Ukrainian separatist conflict.
Churkin, who died suddenly after collapsing at work aged 64, was a well-known figure who had been Russia’s UN ambassador since 2006. In recent …read more
Source: theSun
