From Russian ambassador to US dies, Moscow says
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleRussia’s ambassador to the United States, Alexander Darchiev, has died aged 66, the Russian foreign ministry says, without detailing the cause of death.
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.
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