Russia agrees to appoint US Ambassador to Moscow Lynn Tracy

Russia agreed to appoint Lynn Tracy, head of the American diplomatic mission in Yerevan, as the new US ambassador to Moscow. informed TASS with reference to the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Ryabkov.

“Yes, they gave agrement. The fact is that they requested an agrément on her already a certain time ago. They announced that she had just been nominated for this position. And we gave the agrément,” he said.

September 20 White House informedthat US President Joe Biden nominated Tracy for the post of ambassador to Russia. Tracey worked in Russia in 2014-2017. as Deputy Ambassador to Moscow, and also served as Senior Adviser on Russian Affairs at the State Department. In 2019, Tracy was appointed US Ambassador to Yerevan.

Former US Ambassador John Sullivan ended his term in office early due to cancer that his wife, Grace Rodriguez, was battling. She died the day after Sullivan’s resignation was announced. The former ambassador emphasized that the early termination of his powers had nothing to do with the Russian special operation or the policies of the Biden administration.

Sullivan was appointed ambassador to Russia in December 2019. After his departure, he will end his 40-year civil service career, the US diplomatic mission said earlier. The acting Chargé d’Affaires of the US Embassy in Russia will be Elizabeth Rud, who has worked at the embassy since June.