Alexander Darchiev 1960 – 2026
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Alexander Nikitich Darchiev was a Russian diplomat who served as his country’s ambassador to the United States from March 2025 until his death. Born on May 14, 1960, he entered the Russian Foreign Ministry in 1992 and built his career on North American affairs, heading the ministry’s North Atlantic Department and serving as ambassador to Canada from 2014 to 2021. President Vladimir Putin appointed him ambassador to Washington in March 2025 to lead a rapprochement with the Trump administration, and he became known for his sharp public denunciations of the West. The Foreign Ministry announced on November 11, 2026, that Darchiev had died suddenly in Moscow at the age of 66, after a chronic illness.
