Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and former Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov is seen as the top candidate to become Moscow’s next Ambassador to the United States, a parliamentary source told Sputnik Thursday.
On Monday, Russian media reported that Antonov, who is a ranking general of the Russian army, may replace current Ambassador Sergei Kislyak who has been holding the post since 2008.
So far the date has not been set and there is nothing concrete to move on, said Dmitry Peskov, Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Russia’s vesti.ru reports.
Peskov’s comments came in response to a question about the preparations for a meeting between the heads of Russia and the United States.
According to a CNN report, if passed, the new bill titled “The Russia Review Act” would require the White House to submit a report detailing why it was seeking to lift sanctions, setting into motion a 120-day review period where Congress could vote to disapprove of easing the penalties.
Our foreign policy elite’s answer appears to be a thunderous no.
Case in point: U.S. relations with Russia.
During the campaign Trump was clear. He would seek closer ties with Russia and cooperate with Vladimir Putin in smashing al-Qaida and ISIS terrorists in Syria, and leave Putin’s ally Bashar Assad alone.
With this diplomatic deal in mind, President Trump has resisted efforts to get him to call Putin a “thug” or a “murderer.”
The whole history of U.S.-Russia relations proves that if we work together it’s a win-win scenario. However, it appears that for Trump’s enemies lurking in what he calls the Washington “swamp” Russia is more useful as a foe, and all who disagree are either directly recruited by Vladimir Putin or are deplorable zombie tools of Kremlin propaganda.
