Russia’s ambassador to the United States, Alexander Darchiev, has died “suddenly” at the age of ۶۶ after just one and a half years in the job, Moscow’s foreign ministry announced on Wednesday.
The ministry called Darchiev an “outstanding diplomat, an experienced leader and a kind colleague”. He was appointed to the position in March ۲۰۲۵.
Moscow did not give more details on the death.
Darchiev previously served as Russia’s ambassador to Canada between ۲۰۲۱ and ۲۰۲۴.
He was appointed to the US role last year, shortly after Donald Trump returned to power, and several years into Moscow’s Ukraine offensive that has pitted Moscow against the west.
Darchiev was a specialist in Russia-US relations and was the director of the foreign ministry’s North America department between ۲۰۱۴ and ۲۰۲۰.
In ۲۰۲۲, when Russia attacked Ukraine, Darchiev called the move a “necessary measure”.
