Moscow, Russia. From left: Deputy State Duma Speakers Vladimir Vasilyev and Olga Yepifanova, First Deputy State Duma Speaker Alexander Zhukov, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, First Deputy State Duma Speaker Ivan Melnikov and Deputy State Duma Speakers Igor Lebedev and Irina Yarovaya stand in silence to honor the memory of Vitaly Churkin, the late Russian Ambassador to the United Nations, before the lower parliament house's plenary meeting.