What is Alexander Kadakin?
[[File:The Ambassador of Russia, Mr. Alexander M. Cadakin calls on the Union Minister of Steel, Shri Virbhadra Singh, in New Delhi on March 04, 2010.jpg|thumb|upright=1.14|The Ambassador of Russia, Mr. Alexander M. Cadakin calls on the Union Minister of Steel, Shri Virbhadra Singh, in New Delhi on March 04, 2010.]] '''Alexander Mikhailovich Kadakin''' ({{Lang-ru|Александр Михайлович Кадакин}}; 22 July 1949 &ndash; 26 January 2017) was a [[Russia]]n diplomat. He served as the [[Ambassador of Russia to India|Russian Ambassador]] to [[India]] twice: from 1999 and 2004, and again from 2009 until his death in 2017. He was also the Russian Ambassador to [[Nepal]] (1993&ndash;1997) and [[Sweden]] (2005&ndash;2009). He was born in [[Chișinău]], [[USSR]] (now [[Moldova]]) to Russian parents. Kadakin died from [[heart failure]] on 26 January 2017 in [[New Delhi]]. He was 67.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newsnation.in/world-news/russian-ambassador-to-india-alexander-kadakin-dies-of-heart-failure-article-159152.html|title=Russian Ambassador to India Alexander Kadakin dies of heart failure, PM Modi condoles on Twitter|work=News Nation|date=26 January 2017|access-date=26 January 2017|archive-date=26 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126194901/http://www.newsnation.in/world-news/russian-ambassador-to-india-alexander-kadakin-dies-of-heart-failure-article-159152.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kadakin, Alexander}} [[Category:1949 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Ambassadors of Russia]] [[Category:Deaths from heart failure]] [[Category:People from Chișinău]]