On Sunday, the Russian Embassy in Abu Dhabi announced that Ambassador Sergey Kuznetsov, died at age of 68.
The embassy expressed its "deep sadness" at the "sudden" death of the ambassador, who passed away in Moscow on Saturday, January 16th.
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Kuznetsov held various posts including, Consul General in Jeddah and Ambassador to Djibouti and Somalia.
He served as the Russian Ambassador to the UAE since April 2019.