U.S. Ambassador Tefft was presented to the Ministry of foreign Affairs copies of his credentials
New U.S. Ambassador handed to the Ministry of foreign Affairs copies of his credentials and agreed bilateral agenda of Russian-American relations, said in the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. letter of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs leads RIA " Novosti ". Remember, John Tefft has arrived in the Russian capital to their destination on 5 September. Russia agreed With the appointment of John Tefft new U.S. Ambassador to the Russian capital in July. Then Obama has officially made the initiative candidacy policy on this post. We emphasize that John Tefft has been criticized policy of Russia. From November 2009 to August 2013, he was head of the U.S. diplomatic mission in Ukraine, and had been Ambassador in Vilnius, Tbilisi. July 30, he said that North America never recognized the annexation of Crimea to Russia and consider the Russian Federation responsible for the destabilization of the situation in Ukraine. The previous Ambassador Michael McFaul worked in Russia From January 2012 to February 2014.