MOSCOW, September 5 (RIA Novosti) -The new US Ambassador to Russia John Tefft said he is glad to be back at work in Moscow, the US Embassy in Russia wrote on its Twitter page on Friday.
“I am very happy to come back to Russia. Looking forward to interacting and working with Russians representing all strata of society,” the embassy cited Tefft in a Tweet.
Earlier on Friday, the embassy’s representative Will Stevens told RIA Novosti Tefft had arrived in Russia. On Tuesday, he was sworn in as the new US Ambassador to Russia, superseding Michael McFaul, who held the office for two years and resigned for family reasons.
John Tefft worked as the head of the State Department’s office on the Soviet Union in 1989-1992. From 1996 to 1999 and he served as the deputy head of the US diplomatic mission to Russia. He then went on to head US embassies in Lithuania, Georgia and Ukraine.
