Moscow announces the sudden death of the seasoned diplomat, without further details.
Published on November 11, 2026
Russian Ambassador to the United States Alexander Darchiev has died at the age of 66, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry.
The ministry said in a statement that he “passed away suddenly” on Wednesday, just a year and a half after being appointed to the post in the United States.
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Moscow did not provide further details about his death.
Darchiev was an “outstanding diplomat, experienced leader and kind colleague” and worked “in one of the most critical areas of Russian foreign policy,” the ministry said. He was a specialist in Russian-American relations.
He was appointed last March, shortly after US President Donald Trump returned to power, and several years after Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
In 2022, when Russia launched its offensive against Ukraine, Darchiev called the move a “necessary measure.”
Darchiev was born into the family of diplomat and minister-counsellor of the Russian Embassy in Hungary Nikita Ivanovich Darchiev, according to state news agency TASS.
He first entered the diplomatic service in 1992, becoming first secretary and head of the North America department at the Russian Foreign Ministry.
He served as counselor at the Russian Embassy in the United States in 1997, then served as Minister-Counsellor from 2005 to 2010. He also served as Russian Ambassador to Canada between 2014 and 2021.
Darchiev returned to the Foreign Ministry’s North America department as director in 2010 and then served in that role until last year.
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