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Zakharova says US ambassador Darchiev dies in Moscow after illness
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said that Russia’s ambassador to the United States, Alexander Darchiev, died in Moscow from a chronic illness. The career diplomat had headed the Russian Embassy in Washington since 2025.
RuskiGazeta Editorial DeskUpdated:
Alexander Darchiev, Russia’s ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the United States, died suddenly on November 11 in his 67th year, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said.
“Alexander Nikitich died today in Moscow from a chronic illness. We will provide further information about the date and place of the farewell ceremony,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said.
The Russian Embassy in Washington also described the ambassador’s death as sudden. The diplomatic mission said Darchiev had devoted his life to firmly defending Russia’s interests in North America and building equal relations with the United States, and expressed its condolences to his family and loved ones.
Alexander Darchiev was born on May 14, 1960, in Hungary to a diplomat’s family. He had been in the diplomatic service since 1992. Darchiev served as Russia’s ambassador to Canada from 2014 to 2021, headed the Foreign Ministry’s North America Department from 2021 to 2025, and became ambassador to the United States in 2025.
Ivan Timofeev, director general of the Russian International Affairs Council, called Darchiev one of the leading experts on U.S. affairs and said his death was a serious loss for Russian diplomacy. Elena Perminova, first deputy chair of the Federation Council’s Foreign Affairs Committee, said that largely thanks to his work, Russian-American relations had begun moving toward normalization “in small steps.”
U.S. Representative Anna Paulina Luna also expressed condolences over the ambassador’s death. She called Darchiev her friend and said they had discussed the prospects for relations between the two countries many times.
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