Russian ambassador to US dies, foreign ministry says
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Russian ambassador to US dies, foreign ministry says
by DZRH News12 November 2026
FILE PHOTO: Alexander Darchiyev poses for a picture before a session of the Federation Council's committee on foreign affairs in Moscow, Russia, November 25, 2024. Kommersant Photo/Dmitry Dukhanin via REUTERS/File Photo
MOSCOW, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Russia's ambassador to the United States, Alexander Darchiev, has died aged 66, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said later on Telegram that Darchiev had died in Moscow from a chronic illness.
Putin appointed Darchiev, a veteran diplomat known in the past for his public denunciations of the West, as ambassador to Washington in March 2025 to lead a rapprochement with the Trump administration that has rattled Ukraine and European countries.
(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Gareth Jones)
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