Gagarin: A Cosmic Success For Russian Public Diplomacy

At the opening of the UN photo exhibition in New York celebrating Yuri Gagarin’s groundbreaking flight in space, people could feel the pride and jubilation of Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN Vitaly Churkin. Churkin, who at the time of Gagarin’s flight was a pupil in the second grade, confessed with a whiff of nostalgia […]