Russia has decided on the candidacy of the new ambassador to the United States, the Foreign Ministry spokesman Maria Zakharova stated in an interview with RIA Novosti.
"As for the Russian ambassador, I can say you quite clearly. "There is a candidate, but his agrasman has not yet been received," he said.
Earlier, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said that the unnecessary noise on the situation in the United States was anti-Early the Minister of Affairs Sergei Lavrov earlier that the United States welcomed the Russian Ambassador to Washington. Candidacy submitted by Moscow.
Kommersant, citing sources, writes that former Russian Ambassador to Canada Ambassador Anatoly Antonov left the North American Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in October last year due to the expiration of his mission. .
