In Moscow, on August 7, 2024, at the age of 92, Vladleuk Stepakanovich Vereshchetin died (January 8, 1932, Bryansk — August 7, 2024, Moscow) — Soviet and Russian lawyer, specialist in international law and legal problems of space exploration; Doctor of Law (1976); Professor at the Department of International Law of RUDN University (1982); Professor of International Law at the School of Law at the University of Akron, USA (1991); member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague (1984—1995). In 1992—1994, Vereshchetin was a member of the UN Commission on International Law, and in the last year he also headed this commission. Then, from 1995 to 2006, he was a judge at the International Court of Justice in The Hague; Since 2012, – space law arbitrator of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (d. The Hague). In 1985—1997, Vereshchetin served as vice-president of the Soviet Association of International Law (then — Russian Association of International Law), and in 1984—1997 — was vice-president of the Soviet Association for the United Nations (then — Russian Association for the United Nations). Between 1978 and 1995 he was vice-president of the International Institute of Space Law; in 1995 he became its honorary director (Paris, France). In 1977, he became a full member of the International Astronautical Academy (USA). Since 2006 – foreign member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Vladlen Vereshchetin is the author and co-author of more than one hundred and sixty scientific papers covering various areas of international law; he specialized in international space law, problems of international justice and a number of issues in the theory of international law. He was a member of the editorial board of the «Russian Law Journal», a member of the editorial board of the «European Journal of International Law», and also edited the American journal — “Journal of Space Law” and the Chinese journal „Chinese Journal of International Law”. In 2013-2024 - member of the editorial board of the «Moldavian Journal of International Law and International Relations». The memory of Vladlen S. Vereshchetin will long remain in the hearts of all those who knew him.