Russian President Vladimir Putin has relieved Anatoly Antonov of his duties as Russian Ambassador to the United States. The corresponding decree of the head of state has been published on the official portal of legal information.
"To release Anatoly Ivanovich Antonov from his duties as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to The United States of America and the Permanent Observer of the Russian Federation at the Organization of American States in Washington," the document says.
As previously reported, on October 6, Antonov returned to Moscow.