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The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the United States of America is the official representative of the
President of the Russian Federation
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and the
Government of the Russian Federation
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to the
President of the United States
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and the
Government of the United States of America
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.
The ambassador and his staff work at large in the
Embassy of Russia in
Washington, D.C.
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The ambassador to the United States is concurrently appointed as the Russian representative to the
Organization of American States
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.
The
ambassador's residence is located at 1125
16th Street Northwest. There are
Consulates General in New York and
in Houston.
The post of Russian Ambassador to the United States is currently held by
Anatoly Antonov
Anatoly Ivanovich Antonov (born 15 May 1955) is a Russian military officer and diplomat who is currently the Ambassador of Russia to the United States, formally replacing Sergey Kislyak on 21 August 2017 by Decree of the President of Russia, ...
, incumbent since 21 August 2017.
On 17 March 2021, Russia recalled Ambassador Antonov back to Moscow for consultations after U.S. President
Joe Biden said Russian President
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who holds the office of president of Russia. Putin has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999: as prime min ...
would "pay a price" for
Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections
The Russian government interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election with the goals of harming the campaign of Hillary Clinton, boosting the candidacy of Donald Trump, and increasing political and social discord in the United States. Acc ...
.
List of Ambassadors
Ambassadors of the Russian Empire to the United States of America
Ambassadors of the
Russian Provisional Government
The Russian Provisional Government ( rus, Временное правительство России, Vremennoye pravitel'stvo Rossii) was a provisional government of the Russian Republic, announced two days before and established immediately ...
to the United States of America
Ambassadors of the Soviet Russia/Soviet Union to the United States of America
Ambassadors of the Russian Federation to the United States of America
References
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United States
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Russia
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Ambassadors
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