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The Russian ambassador to the United States, Alexander Darchiev, died “suddenly” on Wednesday at the age of 66, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced, without providing further details on the cause and place of his death.
“The leadership and staff of the Russian Foreign Ministry are deeply saddened to announce the sudden death, on November 11, of Alexander Nikitich Darchiev,” the ministry said in a statement, describing him as an “eminent diplomat” and a “brilliant specialist on the United States.”
Darchiev had worked at Russia’s Foreign Ministry since 1992. He served at the Russian Embassy in the United States from 2005 to 2010 as minister-counselor, and was Russia’s ambassador to Canada from 2014 to 2021.
He led the Russian delegation at Russia–U.S. talks in Istanbul in February 2025.
He served as an adviser to the Russian Embassy in the US in 1997 and later took the post of minister-counsellor from 2005 to 2010. He also previously served as Russia’s ambassador to Canada between 2014 and 2021.
Darchiev returned to the North America department in the Foreign Ministry as its director in 2010 and later held the post again until last year.
