Anatoly Antonov, was awarded the medal For the return of the Crimea assigned to the Russian Ambassador to the USA

Russian president Vladimir Putin today signed a decree appointing new ambassador of the Russian Federation in the United States of america. For the position of ambassador, which was previously occupied by sergey kislyak, is appointed anatoly antonov. Earlier, anatoly antonov (2011-2016) held the post of deputy minister of defense of russia, and then (from december 2016) - deputy foreign minister of russia. The presidential decree, the text of which is quoted by RIA Novosti:assign antonov anatoly i. , ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in the United States of america and permanent observer of Russian Federation at the organization of american states in Washington. From the biography of anatoly antonov:he was born in 1955 in omsk. In 1978 graduated from the Moscow state institute of international relations (mgimo of the mfa of the ussr).

The same year he joined the ministry of foreign affairs. In 1984 he graduated from the graduate school of the university. Has a scientific degree of the doctor of political sciences, as well as the degree of candidate of economic sciences. Speaks foreign languages: english and burmese.

Has numerous state awards, including order of alexander nevsky and the medal for the return of the crimea. Anatoly antonov 2015, subject to sanctions imposed by eu, Canada and Ukraine. We will remind that today the american embassy reported that suspends the issuance of nonimmigrant visas for Russian citizens.