Ex-governor of Utah Huntsman agreed to become the US Ambassador to Russia

Former state governor John Huntsman accepted the proposal of US President Donald Trump to become an ambassador to Russia. This was reported on Wednesday by Reuters.

Now the candidacy of the new ambassador must be approved by the Senate.

Huntsman is 56 years old, he is the son of billionaire John Huntsman Sr., founder of the giant of the chemical industry Huntsman Corporation. Member of the Republican Party. In 1992-1993, ambassador to Singapore. The post of Governor Utah was in 2005-2009; He left him in connection with the appointment of an ambassador to China.

In 2011, Huntsman resigned from the post of ambassador and nominated his candidacy to participate in the presidential race. However, in January 2012, not having achieved success in the primaries, he supported Mitt Romny, who became a candidate from the Republicans.

According to TASS, during the presidential campaign, Huntsman criticized the reboot policy pursued by the Barack Obama administration. The candidate claimed that in Washington they “pretend that the Kremlin is more than a partner than he actually“ is trying to imagine the situation in such a way that Moscow ”threatens his neighbors to their neighbors than it really is.”

The current US Ambassador to Russia, experienced diplomat John Tefft, who previously worked in other countries of the former USSR, was appointed to the post in the summer of 2014, after the start of Russian aggression against Ukraine. The attitude of Moscow to Tefft from the very beginning was extremely hostile. Meanwhile, his predecessor Michael Makfolu, who in 2011-2014 conducting the Obama course to reboot, in November 2016, the Russian authorities banned entry into the country .