US Senate professor of the new ambassador to Russia Lynn Tracy. She defines a tough stance towards the Kremlin
The US Senate has voted for diplomat Lynn Tracy for the post of ambassador to Russia, informs National news. She became the first woman to serve as US Ambassador to Russia.
Nominated by President Joe Biden in September, Tracy’s candidacy was supported by 93 senators, two voted against. One of those who maintain Tracy’s candidacy is Republican Senator Rand Paul, who previously blocked a vote to allocate funds to Ukraine.
At the end of November, Tracy, at a hearing in the committee on an extraordinary conference of the US Senate dedicated to the meeting of her candidacy, said that she agreed with Washington’s sanctions course against Moscow and supported the continued tightening of anti-Russian meetings.
In turn, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov in September reported reporters that Russia had given an appointment to appoint Tracy, probably as ambassador to Moscow. He also stressed that the RF is certified to work with Tracy if her candidacy is going to be sex.
Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in September that the Kremlin had no hopes for an improvement in Russian-American relations after the appointment of a new US ambassador.
Lynn Tracy is a career diplomat who speaks Russian. Until recently, she contracted the US diplomatic mission in Armenia. Prior to becoming Ambassador to Yerevan, she served as Senior Advisor for Russian Affairs in the State Department’s Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, and before that she worked in Russia – in 2014-2017 she was Deputy John Tefft, the former US Ambassador to Russia.
Previously, Tracy served as First Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia and as Director for South Asia at the White House National Security Council.