Politico: Exclusive: Russian ambassador pleads for help in securing Washington meetings
Anatoly Antonov has been rebuffed by U.S. government officials who are reluctant to be seen as friendly toward the Kremlin.
Congressional leaders won’t meet with him. Neither will the vice president or the White House chief of staff.
And the Russian ambassador says he is at his wit’s end.
In a letter to Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) earlier this month, Anatoly Antonov asked for help in obtaining meetings with a slew of U.S. lawmakers and officials. The March 9 letter was written two days after a POLITICO story detailed some of Antonov’s travails in securing meetings in Washington.
“I would be very grateful for your advice on how to develop contacts with members of U.S. Congress, departments and agencies, as well as for your possible assistance in setting up such meetings,” Antonov wrote in the letter, obtained by POLITICO.
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WNU Editor: Considering the current state of relations between the U.S. and Russia .... coupled with the Mueller investigation in all things Russian .... to me this is a given .... no one in official Washington is going to want to talk to anyone from the Kremlin untill all of this blows over .... whenever that happens.
More Remarks From The Russian Ambassador To The U.S.
Atmosphere in Washington Toward Russia ‘Poisoned’ – Russian Ambassador to US -- Sputnik
U.S.-Russian relations worst Ambassador Antonov can remember -- NBC
Russia's Ambassador Says Relations With the US Are the Worst He Can Remember -- TIME
Russian ambassador says 'atmosphere in Washington is poison' -- Politico
Russian ambassador to the US says relations between the two countries have never been worse -- Washington Examiner