The new U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Tefft has said that it wants to improve relations between Washington and the capital of Russia, " with the expansion of contacts between people ". About this he said in an interview to the newspaper " Kommersant ".

When asked about his goals of working in the Russian capital, Tefft said that wished to relations between countries were better than at present.

" most things in our bilateral relations continue to develop. Continue contacts between people. I wished to make these wider contact and cultural links, hope it will help to improve relations, " said Tefft.

in November in the Russian Federation assumed his duties as the New U.S. Ambassador John Tefft, who previously led the American diplomatic mission in Ukraine and in Georgia. For example, just in the years of his work in Tbilisi was the invasion of Georgian troops in South Ossetia, and later, when he was already in Kiev riots on the Maidan and the deposition of President Viktor Yanukovych.

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