FILE PHOTO: Russia's ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov. © Sputnik / Anton Denisov
RT: Washington tells Russian ambassador he might have to leave
An ongoing diplomatic visa row between Moscow and the US can only get worse, Russian Ambassador Anatoly Antonov believes
The US State Department has told Russian diplomats that Ambassador Anatoly Antonov would have to leave the US by April if Moscow fails to meet certain demands by Washington, Antonov himself told journalists on Wednesday.
The Russian ambassador would only be able to stay in the US if Moscow grants visas to the bodyguards of the US envoy to Russia, John Sullivan, Antonov explained, adding that this is all part of increasingly tense relations between the two nations.
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Update: Russian envoy to U.S. says Washington is pressuring him to leave - RIA (Reuters)
WNU Editor: The Kremlin is taking this expulsion threat seriously .... Washington’s threat of possible departure of Russian Ambassador from US serious — Kremlin (TASS).