Category: Russia’s Ambassador

Moscow Accuses Ottawa of Leading Isolation Effort, Amid Squabble Over Tweets, Summons

Russia’s ambassador to Canada says Ottawa is at the vanguard of an effort to isolate his country, following a series of social-media squabbles and ongoing salvos where each country summons the other’s top diplomat. Oleg Stepanov told Russian state media that he’s exasperated by Canada’s foreign-affairs department tweeting unflattering information about the war in Ukraine,…


Russia’s Ambassador, Recalled Over Spat, Returns to US

MOSCOW—Russia’s ambassador has returned to the United States three months after being recalled as tensions rose between Moscow and Washington, according to a tweet from the Russian Embassy on Sunday. Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Joe Biden agreed at their summit in Geneva last week on the return of Russian Ambassador Anatoly Antonov and…