🔻Russia’s Foreign Ministry: Alexander Darchiev, Moscow’s ambassador to the United States, has died at 66.

Russia said the veteran diplomat died “suddenly” on Wednesday, November 11 (20 Aban). So far, no further details have been provided about the cause of Mr. Darchiev’s death.

A statement from Russia’s Foreign Ministry described him as a “formidable diplomat and kind collaborator” who was active in “one of the most sensitive areas of Russian foreign policy.”

Alexander Darchiev joined the Russian Foreign Ministry in the 1990s and has served for several terms as Russia’s ambassador in Washington, as well as the country’s representative and adviser in the field of North America.

📷 EPA