Russia's ambassador to the United States, Alexander Darchiev, has died at the age of 67.
Darchiev has been working at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 1992. He was the head of the North American department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the deputy director of the corresponding department, served for five years as an advisor to the Russian Embassy in the USA, and held the position of minister-adviser. From 2014 to 2021, the diplomat served as Russia's ambassador to Canada.
In the spring of 2025, Vladimir Putin appointed Alexander Darchiev Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the United States.