RT International Anatoly Antonov has left Washington, during a period of fractured ties between the two countries
Russia’s former ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, has finished his term of office and has returned to Moscow, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Sunday, amid unprecedented tensions between the two nuclear superpowers.
“The Russian ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov, has ended his service in Washington and is on his way to Moscow,” the Foreign Ministry said in a brief statement carried by Russian news agencies. The ministry did not provide any additional details and has so far not named his successor.
Antonov previously told reporters that it had become increasingly difficult for Russian diplomats to work in the US as bilateral relations were “falling apart.” He said earlier this week that he and his colleagues have been subjected to “threats of physical violence.”
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