President Joe Biden formally nominated Lynne Tracy to be the next U.S. ambassador to Russia. The veteran foreign service officer with years of Russian affairs experience is currently the U.S. ambassador to Armenia.
This undated U.S. State Department photo shows Ambassador Lynne Tracy. President Joe Biden has formally nominated Tracy, a veteran foreign service officer with years of experience in Russian affairs to be the next U.S. ambassador to Russia. The White House on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, announced the nomination of Tracy, the current U.S. ambassador to Armenia, to the post after the Russian government signed off on the choice.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday formally nominated a veteran foreign service officer with years of experience in Russian affairs to be the next U.S. ambassador to Russia. Such approval is generally routine but couldn’t be taken for granted at a time of particularly fraught U.S.-Russian relations over Ukraine, the detention of Americans in Russia, allegations of Russian meddling in U.S. and other elections, and an escalating spat over the staffing of embassies in Washington and Moscow.
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