US Ambassador leaves Russia after major tensions

The departure of John Sullivan will leave the two embassies of these countries without major diplomats in a cruise moment, with Washington and Moscow eventually seeing new sanctions, with the Russian army gathering 150 thousand troops on the Ukrainian borders, and with concerns about opposition leader Alexei Navlan in prison.

I think it's important for me to speak directly to my new colleague in the Benden administration in Washington about the last state of bilateral relations between the US and Russia,” said Sullivan in a statement Tuesday, The Guardian, Perskopi forwards.

And also, I haven't seen my family in more than a year, and that's another important reason to go home for visiting. I'm going back to Moscow in the weeks ahead of any meeting between the Presidents Biden and Putin. ”

Beden and Putin discussed a possible meeting last week, but the Kremlin has said it would take time to organise and it would not be the impossible “” to hold the meeting next weeks.

Russia called the ambassador to Washington, Anatoly Antonov, home for consultations in March after Biden agreed with a journalist who said Putin was <x0 suicide>” and added that he had to pay for being involved in the 2020 American elections.

The Biden administration last week expelled 10 Russian diplomats and reported new sanctions on Russia.

As opposed, Russia expelled 10 American diplomats. /Periscope