What is known about the diplomat Alexander Darchiyev.
Born in 1960 in the family of a diplomat, Nikita Darchiev, Counselor-Schlieg of the Russian Embassy in Hungary.
In 1983 he graduated from the Faculty of History of Moscow State University.
In 1987, he defended his doctoral thesis at the Institute for the United States and Canada of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union on "The Left-Liberal Forces in the Social-Political Life of the United States, 1970s and 1980s".
In the diplomatic service since 1992.
In the years 1992-1997 he served as first secretary, department manager and department head in the North American Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia.
In the period between 1997 and 2002 he was a counselor at the Russian Embassy in the United States.
In the years 2003-2005 he served as Deputy Director of the North American Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
From 2005 to 2010 he was the Counselor-Envoy of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in the United States.
In the years 2010-2014, he served as director of the North American Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia.
From October 24, 2014 to January 11, 2021, he served as Russia's ambassador to Canada.
In the years 2021-2025, he served as director of the North American Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
At the beginning of 2025, he served as director of the North Atlantic Division (Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, the United States) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
As of March 6, 2025, serves as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to the United States and a permanent observer on behalf of the Russian Federation at the Organization of American States in Washington.
In February and April 2025, he headed the Russian delegation in consultations with the United States in Istanbul.
Held the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (2016).
Decorated with the Order of Friendship (2019) and the Order of Honor (2022).