◾ The leadership of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation reports with deep sorrow that on October 29, 2026, at the age of 80, the candidate of historical sciences, the extraordinary and senior ambassador Igor Nikolayevich Shcherbak died. Igor Shcherbek was born on May 12, 1947 in Moscow. In 1970 he graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations. In 1972, he was accepted into the system of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union. From 1972 to 2012, he came a long way from being an assistant to the first deputy permanent representative of Russia to the United Nations in New York. From 1972 to 1976 he worked at the Consulate General of the Soviet Union in Calcutta and at the Embassy of the Soviet Union in Bangladesh. Upon returning from a business trip - in the Directorate for Planning Foreign Policy Events. A significant part of the work activity of I.N. Shcherbka is associated with the Division/Department of International Organizations (1979-1986 - Second Secretary, First; 1993-1995 and 2003-2006 - Deputy Director), as well as the Permanent Mission of the Soviet Union/Russia to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in First-19286 Senior, 19286 Secretary, Geneva (19,286 consultant, 1995-1999 years - deputy permanent representative). In 2006, he was appointed the first deputy of Russia's permanent representative to the United Nations in New York. Worked in this position until 2010. Resigned as Deputy Director of the DMO (2012-2010). Since 2012, he has been a research fellow at the European Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Institute of International Studies at MGIMO. He prepared a series of scientific publications dedicated to the activities of international organizations in crisis resolution. The outstanding achievements of I.N. Shcherbak was repeatedly noted with gratitude and encouragement, as well as the title "Honorary Worker of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs" (2007).

◾ The leadership of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation reports with deep sorrow that on October 29, 2026, at the age of 80, the candidate of historical sciences, the extraordinary and senior ambassador Igor Nikolayevich Shcherbak died. Igor Shcherbek was born on May 12, 1947 in Moscow. In 1970 he graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations. In 1972, he was accepted into the system of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union. From 1972 to 2012, he came a long way from being an assistant to the first deputy permanent representative of Russia to the United Nations in New York. From 1972 to 1976 he worked at the Consulate General of the Soviet Union in Calcutta and at the Embassy of the Soviet Union in Bangladesh. Upon returning from a business trip - in the Directorate for Planning Foreign Policy Events. A significant part of the work activity of I.N. Shcherbka is associated with the Division/Department of International Organizations (1979-1986 - Second Secretary, First; 1993-1995 and 2003-2006 - Deputy Director), as well as the Permanent Mission of the Soviet Union/Russia to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in First-19286 Senior, 19286 Secretary, Geneva (19,286 consultant, 1995-1999 years - deputy permanent representative). In 2006, he was appointed the first deputy of Russia's permanent representative to the United Nations in New York. Worked in this position until 2010. Resigned as Deputy Director of the DMO (2012-2010). Since 2012, he has been a research fellow at the European Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Institute of International Studies at MGIMO. He prepared a series of scientific publications dedicated to the activities of international organizations in crisis resolution. The outstanding achievements of I.N. Shcherbak was repeatedly noted with gratitude and encouragement, as well as the title "Honorary Worker of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs" (2007).