From left: Yevgeny Bazhanov, Rector of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Diplomatic Academy, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Pankin, Rector of the Moscow State Institute/University of International Relations (MGIMO) Anatoly Torkunov, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs Konstantin Kosachyov and Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Foreign Affairs Leonid Slutsky at a conference honoring the memory of Russia's former UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin.