Moscow said goodbye to the Russian ambassador to the United States, Alexander Darchiev.
The farewell ceremony for the Russian ambassador to the United States, Alexander Darchiev, ended in the funeral hall of the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow, reports a media reporter.
The ceremony was attended by Presidential Assistant Yuri Ushkov, colleagues from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including Deputy Minister Sergey Ryabkov and Alexander Grushko, the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharova, and veterans of the diplomatic service.
Darchiev died on November 11 at the age of 66 in Moscow of a chronic illness, Zakharova said.
He was born in 1960, graduated from Moscow University, and worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1992. He was Minister Counselor of the US Embassy (2005–2010), Director of the North American Department (2010–2014), and Ambassador to Canada (2014–2020).
In March 2025, Putin appointed him ambassador to the United States and permanent observer at the OAS.