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Russian ambassador to the US is dead
Updated 11/11/2026 – 6:49 p.mReading time: 1 min.
Alexander Darchiev has been the Russian ambassador to the USA since 2025. The 66-year-old has now died – the cause of death is unclear.
The Russian ambassador to the USAAlexander Darchiyev, is according to the government Moscow died at the age of 66. The diplomat died “suddenly,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday, without providing further information about the cause of death. The ministry praised Darchiyev as an “outstanding diplomat” and “brilliant USA expert.”
Darchiyev held the ambassadorship in Washington took office in March 2025, around two months after the return of the US President Donald Trump to the White House. Due to tensions between Moscow and the government of Trump’s predecessor Joe Biden in connection with the Russian offensive in the Ukraine The post of Russian ambassador to the USA was no longer occupied as of October 2024.
Darchiyev was ambassador to from 2014 to 2021 Canada. He then took over the management of the North America department in the Russian Foreign Ministry. As Russia Attacking Ukraine in February 2022, he spoke of a “necessary measure”.
