What is known about the diplomat Alexander Darchiev:
Born in 1960 in the family of a diplomat, Minister-Counselor of the Russian Embassy in Hungary Nikita Darchiev.
In 1983 he graduated from the Faculty of History of Moscow University.
In 1987, at the Institute of the USA and Canada of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, he defended his doctoral thesis on "Left-liberal forces in the social and political life of the USA, 1970-1980s.
Has been in the diplomatic service since 1992.
In the years 1992-1997 - First Secretary, Head of Department, Head of Department of the North American Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In the period between 1997 and 2002 - adviser to 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 at the Russian Foreign Ministry.
From October 24, 2014 to January 11, 2021 - Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Canada.
In the years 2021-2025 - Director of the North American Department at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
At the beginning of 2025, he was the director of the North Atlantic Department (UK, Ireland, Canada and the USA) of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
Since March 6, 2025 - the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the United States and a permanent observer at the Organization of American States in Washington.
In February and April 2025, he led the Russian delegation in consultations with the United States in Istanbul.
He held the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (2016).
Awarded the Orders of Friendship (2019) and Honor (2022).