(Another) Russian Ambassador to Portugal Oleg Belous dies suddenly at age of 66 - foreign ministry

[MelissaB]

Russian Ambassador to Portugal Oleg Belous dies suddenly at age of 66 - foreign ministry

MOSCOW, May 9. /TASS/. Russian Ambassador to Portugal Oleg Belous has died in Lisbon at the age of 66, the Russian foreign ministry said on Tuesday.

"The Russian foreign ministry deeply regrets to announce that Russian Ambassador to Portugal Oleg Belous died suddenly in Lisbon on May 8, 2018," the ministry said.

Oleg Belous was born in 1951. After graduation from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, he joined the foreign ministry in 1973.

In 1996-1998, he was director of the ministry’s European cooperation department and was Russia’s Permanent Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in 1998-2001.

More: http://tass.com/politics/1003483

[Sneederbunk]

1. Mr. Skripal sends his condolences.

[OnDoutside]

2. Tis like Russian Roulette !

[Cracklin Charlie]

3. Devin Nunes associated with Portugal?

Am I remembering correctly?

I kind of hope not.

[GeorgeGist]

4. Yes, kinda.

The backstory of Devin Nunes begins not really in Washington or California but in the Azores, a tiny group of islands more than 800 miles off the coast of Portugal. These distant, isolated volcanic islands, settled in the 1400s, offered a harsh and difficult life.

https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/03/devin-nunes-political-story-congressional-career-intelligence-committee/

[OnDoutside]

5. Yes, Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry, Portugal (June 7, 2013)

The Russian was in Lisbon from 2013 too.