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How did Russia's ambassador to Washington die, and what is still unknown?
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The Foreign Ministry said Alexander Darchiev died suddenly. Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova later said it was in Moscow. He had led the embassy in Washington and, before that, Russia's North America department.
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He was 66 years old. The ministry gave no cause of death. Officials named a chronic illness but never said which.
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The ministry said: We have lost an outstanding diplomat, an experienced leader, a kind colleague and a mentor. It also called him a brilliant scholar of US affairs. No funeral date or place has been set, and the New York Times gives Thursday as the day of death, against the ministry's Wednesday.
“We have lost an outstanding diplomat, an experienced leader, a kind colleague and a mentor.”
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