The ambassador of Russia to Washington has unexpectedly died

Aleksandr Darchiev, the Russian ambassador to the U.S., has unexpectedly passed away at the age of 66, as announced by the Russian Foreign Ministry. Darchiev served as ambassador since March 2025, during a period of thawing U.S.-Russia relations. He previously held the position of ambassador to Canada from 2014 to 2021 and had a long career in Russian diplomacy since 1992. The Foreign Ministry praised him as an excellent diplomat and a significant figure in Russian foreign policy.