Former US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul will become an analyst for NBC. This was reported in the official press release of the channel.

McFaul will specialize in covering international affairs and national security issues. In addition to NBC itself, the former diplomat also plans to collaborate with sister channels of the NBCUniversal News Group media group - NBC News, MSNBC and CNBC.

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Stanford Dreamer American Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul announced his resignation on February 4, 2014

In early March, McFaul had already appeared several times on NBC on a number of evening and morning shows. The ex-ambassador, as a guest expert, gave comments on the political crisis in Ukraine.

From 2011 to 2014, Michael McFaul served as Ambassador of the United States of America to Russia. In early February 2014, McFaul announced his resignation. In his blog, the diplomat said that he “plans to return to his family in California” and teach at the university. Among his achievements, the ambassador, in particular, noted the conclusion by Russia and the United States of a new nuclear arms reduction treaty, the so-called “northern transit” agreement, which made it possible to supply American cargo to Afghanistan through Russia, as well as the successful work of a bilateral presidential commission.

Former US Ambassador to Russia to become NBC analyst