Anatoly Antonov named, 👏 new Russian 🇷🇺 ambassador to US 🇺🇸

Russian 🇷🇺 President Vladimir Putin has named Anatoly Antonov, a career diplomat 👔 who is on the European Union's sanctions list because of Moscow's role in the Ukraine, as Russia's 🇷🇺 new ambassador to the United States 🇺🇸.

Antonov, whose appointment was announced 🔊 on Monday, takes the job 👜 at a time when US-Russia relations are badly strained following the approval 👍 of a new wave of US 🇺🇸 sanctions against Moscow, and the Kremlin's decision to sharply cut American diplomatic personnel in Russia‼️

Antonov succeeds Sergei Kislyak, who found himself in the centre of controversy amid claims of Russia's🇷🇺 interference in the US 🇺🇸 presidential vote.

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