Vitaly Churkin

"Maybe somebody does not like my words, but I think we are a reliable partner to Russia. When I say 'yes' to President Putin, then we do it," said Vucic. "And when I say in Washington and Brussels that we will not and do not want to impose sanctions on Russia - that's the truth, and it's fair," the Serbian president said.

A Serbian cultural association will install a statue of the former Russian ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, who vetoed a 2015 UN draft resolution that condemned the Srebrenica massacre as genocide.

MOSCOW - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Monday presented the Order of the Serbian Flag of the First Degree, awarded posthumously to Vitaly Churkin - the late Russian ambassador to the UN - to Churkin's wife Irina.

Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic on Monday handed the Order of the Serbian Flag [Class I] to the widow of the former Russian Ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, the national television said.

Vucic described the meeting with Putin, that will take place on Tuesday, as "big and important."

On Monday evening, Vucic presented the wife of late Russian Ambassador to the UNVitaly Churkin, Irina Churkina, with the Order of the Serbian Flag 1st Class.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has arrived in Moscow for a three-day visit to Russia, during which he will speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Vucic described the meeting with Putin, that will take place on Tuesday, as "big and important."

Vucic described the meeting with Putin, that will take place on Tuesday, as "big and important."

Vucic will on Monday visit the Zaryadye Park, spreading on 13 kilometers near Red Square, that was opened in September by President Vladimir Putin and Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, on the capital's 870th anniversary.

Russia’s ambassador to Sudan was found dead in the swimming pool of his Khartoum residence, officials have said.

He is the sixth senior Russian diplomat to have died suddenly overseas since last year’s US election.

A Bosnian Serb organisation sparked anger by announcing it will install a memorial in Srebrenica to the former Russian ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, who vetoed a Srebrenica genocide resolution.

Eastern Alternative Citizen Association has filed a request to honor Russia's late UN ambassador Vitaly Churkin with a memorial bust in Srebrenica.

Representatives of this association have submitted the request to the assembly of this municipality, located in the Serb Republic (RS) entity of Bosnia-Herzegovina, asking for a suitable location for the bust to be found.