The Russian Ambassador returned to the United States. He left three months ago after Biden called Putin a “killer.”

On June 20, Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov returned to the United States after a three-month absence.

The plane with Antonov landed at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport at 11:50 local time (18:50 Moscow time), TASS reports. After that, the ambassador will go to Washington.

• Relations between Russia and the United States have escalated after US President Joe Biden answered yes in an interview to a question whether he considers Russian President Vladimir Putin a "murderer."
• After that, Ambassador Anatoly Antonov was summoned to Russia for consultations. Since March 21, the diplomat has been in Russia. On April 22, US Ambassador to the Russian Federation John Sullivan left for consultations in Washington - Russia asked him about this after the introduction of regular American sanctions.
• On June 16, after the summit between Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin, it became known that the Russian ambassador would return to Washington, and the American ambassador to Moscow.