Alexander Darchiev, director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s North Atlantic Department, has been appointed as ambassador to the United States.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree on the matter, TASS reports.
"[I hereby decree] to appoint Alexander Nikitich Darchiev as the Russian Federation’s ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the United States of America and the permanent observer of the Russian Federation at the Organization of American States in Washington," the decree, published on the official portal of legal information, reads.
