The UN Security Council paid public tribute to late Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin on Feb. 21 – but tensions simmered behind the scenes, as Ukraine blocked a more formal statement of condolences.
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Flowers are laid in front of a portrait of Russia's Ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin at the Foreign Ministry guest house in Moscow on Feb. 21.
