Russia's Ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, faced great difficulties in the United States. The diplomat's work is to communicate with people and establish ties, but American politicians and officials simply refuse to meet with Antonov. According to the publication Politico, the Russian ambassador did not have discussions with the head of the US presidential administration John Kelly, vice president Mike Pence, the Attorney General, the head of the FBI, the head of the Federal Reserve System, a number of ministers and their deputies, as well as many members of the Senate from among both Democrats and Republicans. It came to the point that Antonov even wrote a letter to Republican senator Warren Hatch, whom he had met earlier, with a request to help establish interaction with the Americans. "I will be very grateful for the advice how to establish contact with members of Congress, employees of departments and agencies, as well as for your assistance in organizing such meetings," reads the letter, which was placed at the disposal of the newspaper. However, not all congressmen are inclined to troll Antonov.

"Despite the fact that we largely disagree with Russia, it is not good to simply ignore it. President Donald Trump is absolutely right: we must cooperate, "said Politico one of the staff of the Congressional staff. However, most legislators and members of the US administration adhere to a rigid line in relations with the Russian ambassador. Someone is aggressive because of their political preferences.

Someone is afraid that later they can accuse him of "being close to the Kremlin", as has happened more than once recently. It is clear that now that Washington has expelled 60 Russian diplomats from the country and closed the Seattle office, and Moscow announced retaliation, sending the same number of diplomats and closing the US consulate in St. Petersburg, Antonov will become even more difficult. But to him - a military man, in the recent past the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation - is not accustomed to struggle with difficulties. In war as in war.