A memorial service for Vitaly Churkin, the late Russian ambassador to the United Nations, is taking place in Moscow's Central Clinic Hospital on Friday.
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Churkin died at his workplace in New York on Monday, a day before his 65th birthday.
He had served as Russia's permanent envoy to the United Nations and Russian representative in the UN Security Council since April 2006.