New Russian Ambassador Makes Life Hard For Trump And Tillerson
As I just posted, long time Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak has been recalled to Moscow.
Who has Russia selected to replace him?
Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister has been named as Russia’s ambassador in the United States, foreign ministry sources have told The Moscow Times.
Career diplomat Anatoly Antonov will now need to be approved by Russia’s parliament, the State Duma, before formally taking the post.
The former deputy defense minister was first chosen as a possible candidate in the autumn of 2016, when the Kremlin believed that Democrat party nominee Hilary Clinton would take the White House.
Antonov was seen as a “hardliner” on the West, who would be able to negotiate with Clinton amid strained U.S.-Russia ties, the Kommersant newspaper reported Monday.
The fact that Russia is sending a “hard liner” to replace Kislyak should calm down the “Russia is not our friend” crowd, but it won’t because those same people never cared about Russia until Trump was elected. But a hardline ambassador is not a problem, we’ve had lots of those sent by Russia since 1917. Antonov is under EU sanctions over his role in the aggression against Ukraine:
Russian Deputy Defence Minister Anatoly Antonov is the highest-profile target of new sanctions due to be formally endorsed by European Union foreign ministers on Monday, diplomatic sources told Reuters.
Envoys of the 28 EU governments agreed this week on a list of Russian and pro-Moscow Ukrainian people and organisations that will be added to the EU’s sanctions list in its latest response to violence by pro-Moscow rebels in Ukraine.
General Anatoly #Antonov, #Russia‘s new ambassador to #WashingtonDC is partly responsible for the war against #Ukraine & shooting down #MH17 pic.twitter.com/ITG89IhoIv
— GorseFires Collectif (@GorseFires) June 25, 2017
If Tillerson wants to play hardball with Moscow, because Antonov’s appointment seems like a calculated insult, he should refuse to accept his credentials and force Moscow to send a replacement. That probably won’t happen but it would be epic political theater if he did.
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Your missing the play here by Tillerson and Trump and it’s pure genius. With a hard liner like this, Tillersons’s come to Jesus moment with congress concerning Russia and the relationship the US will move forward on with them will have their full endorsement. There will be some give and take on both parts. Watch the disappearing act those Sanctions we’ve placed on Russia do as an example.