The death of the Russian ambassador in Egypt

The Russian Foreign Ministry announced the death of the Russian ambassador to Egypt, Sergei Kirpichenko, in a hospital in the Egyptian capital Cairo.

Russian Ambassador Sergei Kirpichenko belongs to a long-standing family of a father who worked as a fighter in the 103rd division of the Kremlin Guard, and his mother, the Arabized Russian Valeria Nikolaevna Kirpichenko.