Kommersant: Ambassador to the United States may be the deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Antonov under the sanctions of the EU

One of the most likely candidates for the position of Russia's ambassador to the United States is the deputy head of the Foreign Ministry Anatoly Antonov. This is written by Kommersant with reference to unnamed sources.

Until recently, Antonov was the deputy head of the Ministry of Defense Sergei Shoigu.

Meanwhile, surrounded by Antonov, information about the possible appointment of Antonov denies.

The publication notes that other candidates are considered for this post. According to Kommersant, the change of ambassador may occur in the coming months.

As Kommersant wrote earlier, Antonov was transferred to the Foreign Ministry in December 2016, when Donald Trump won in the US elections and the need to appoint a supporter of the harsh line to the post of ambassador.

Antonov - he worked for more than 30 years in the Foreign Ministry system in different positions. In 2004, he headed the Department of Security and Disarmament. He was the head of a number of Russian government delegations, including in negotiations with the countries of the Group of Eight, under an agreement on non -proliferation of nuclear weapons, on the review of the conventions on "inhuman" weapons, the prohibition of chemical weapons, the prohibition of biological weapons, and the multilateral mechanisms of export control. He headed the delegation in negotiations with the United States under a new agreement on strategic offensive weapons. He was deputy minister of defense from February 2011 to December 2016. Since 2015, Antonov has been in the sanctions list of the European Union.