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August 21: Anatoly Antonov appointed Russian
Ambassador to the USA
[On August 17] Vladimir Putin issued an Executive Order appointing Anatoly
Antonov Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation
to the United States of America and, concurrently, Permanent Observer of the
Russian Federation at the Organisation of American States in Washington, USA. In
another executive order, the President relieved Mr Antonov of his duties as
Deputy Foreign Minister. Mr Putin also signed an executive order releiving
Sergei Kislyak of his duties as Russia’s Ambassador to the United States and
Russia’s Permanent Observer at the Organisation of American States in
Washington.
https://washington.mid.ru/en/press-centre/news/anatoly_antonov_appointed_russian_ambassador_to_the_usa/
August 21:
Putin names hardliner Anatoly Antonov as Russia's US ambassador
July 19: Discussions are underway for
Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit Washington this fall, the White House
said Thursday – even as it continued to face a backlash on Capitol Hill for its
handling of the summit with Putin in Helsinki this week.
President Donald Trump has asked his national security adviser, John Bolton, to
extend the invitation ...
Anatoly Antonov, Russia's envoy to the U.S., said he hadn’t seen Trump’s
invitation himself, but that “Russia was always open to such proposals," the
Associated Press reported Friday.
"We are ready for discussions on this subject," he added.
Antonov shared a few more details about what Trump and Putin discussed at their
meeting in Helsinki earlier this week.
His Excellency Anatoly I. Antonov is the Russian ambassador to the U.S. and
concurrently serves as the permanent observer to the Organization of American
States in Washington, D.C. Antonov’s previous service includes deputy foreign
minister, director of the Department of Security and Disarmament of the
Ministry, and ambassador-at-large. A native of Omsk, he holds a PhD in political
science and graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations
(MGIMO) before joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In addition to Russian,
he speaks English and Burmese.
https://kennedy.byu.edu/events/russia-u-s-relations/
December 29: The Russian ambassador
to the United States complained of "extreme spy mania" among Americans.
Anatoly Antonov made the comment to reporters Friday while taking a swipe at the
U.S. for expelling dozens of Russian diplomats earlier this year in response to
the deadly poisoning of an ex-Russian spy in the United Kingdom.
