Russia’s Ambassador to the United States, Alexander Darchiev, died “suddenly” at the age of 66, after only a year and a half in office, the Moscow Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday.
The ministry called Darchiev “an outstanding diplomat, an experienced leader and a kind colleague.” He was appointed to this position in March 2025.
Moscow did not provide further details about the death.
Darchiev previously served as Russia’s ambassador to Canada between 2021 and 2024.
He was appointed to the post in the United States last year, shortly after Donald Trump’s return to power, and several years after the start of Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine that pitted Moscow against the West.
Darchiev was a specialist in Russian-American relations and served as director of the North America department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs between 2014 and 2020.
In 2022, when Russia attacked Ukraine, Darchiev called the move a “necessary measure.”
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