Russian Ambassador to the United States Alexander Darchiev has died.
The diplomat died at the age of 66, RIA Novosti reports.
Darchiev was born in 1960 in the family of Nikita Darchiev, Minister-Counselor of the Russian Embassy in Hungary. In 1983 he graduated from the Department of History of the University of Moscow, and in 1987 he defended his doctoral thesis at the Institute of the USA and Canada of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union. In the diplomatic service since 1992.
In the years 1992-1997 - First Secretary, Head and Head of the North American Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry. In the years 1997-2002 - adviser at the Russian Embassy in the USA. In 2003-2005 - Deputy Director of the North American Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry. From 2005 to 2010 - Minister-Counselor of the Russian Embassy in the USA. In the years 2010-2014 - Director of the North American Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From October 24, 2014 to January 11, 2021 - Ambassador of Russia to Canada. In the years 2021-2025 - Director of the North American Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. At the beginning of 2025 - Director of the North Atlantic Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Since March 6, 2025 - Ambassador of Russia to the United States and permanent observer of the Russian Federation at the Organization of American States.
In February and April 2025, he headed the Russian delegation in consultation with the United States in Istanbul. Holds the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (2016). Awarded the Orders of Friendship (2019) and Honor (2022).
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