U.S. ambassador to Russia John Sullivan left Moscow for consultations in Washington Thursday in the latest move in a tense diplomatic standoff with Moscow.
Sullivan, a holdover nominee from the Trump administration, left Moscow after the Kremlin said Washington should recall him amid the growing diplomatic crisis – which comes after the U.S. slapped new sanctions on Russians close to President Vladimir Putin, and Russia amassed 100,000 troops on its border with Ukraine.
Russia's Tass news agency reported he departed Thursday.
Ambassador to Russia John J. Sullivan gets into a car outside Spaso House, the Residence of the US Ambassador in Moscow.