It is with deep sorrow that the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress must notify the community of the untimely passing of the head accountant of the EAJC Moscow office, Nikolai Vasilyevich Shpirko.

Shpirko was one of those longtime workers without whom it is impossible to even imagine the everyday life of the Congress. He was a wonderful friend and a colleague with absolute dedication to his world, a person with an endless sense of light humor and a positive outlook on life. This is the way we will always remember him.

He spent much effort so that the EAJC Moscow office could move to a new, comfortable location. And it is painfully symbolic that death took him at the threshold of this beautiful new office shortly after we moved.

It is not true that there are no irreplaceable workers. The passing of Nikolai Vasilyevich Shpirko shows this with a harsh candidness.

The leadership and workers of the EAJC express heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Nikolai Vasilyevich. The memory of this bright person will always remain with us.