McFaul’s approval as ambassador to Russia postponed

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McFaul’s approval as ambassador to Russia postponed


According to information from Washington, the candidacy of Michael McFaul nominated for the post of ambassador to the Russian Federation has not yet received approval in the US Senate. According to an employee of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, this issue was postponed at the request of one of the senators.

According to Gazeta.Ru, the request to postpone consideration of certain agenda items was received at the last moment, and it is not yet known whether the next meeting will decide whether to approve McFaul’s candidature or not.

The meeting, scheduled for November 16, was postponed due to other existing candidates for this position and multiple controversies in the Senate on this issue. The delay gives the senators a chance to draw the attention of the US administration to existing differences with Russia.

First, there has been more than once criticism from the senators towards Russia, affecting human rights issues, the territoriality of Georgia, as well as issues relating to Iran.

Republican senators are experiencing dissatisfaction with the policy proposed by Michael McFaul, which indirectly implies a revision of views on relations between the United States and the Russian Federation.

As you know, Michael McFaul is now a member of the National Security Council under the President of the United States, is the senior director for the Eurasian region and Russia and is among the top experts on Russia in the United States. It was assumed that McFaul will replace the current US ambassador to Moscow, John Beyrle. Due to the prevailing circumstances, the arrival in Russia of a new American ambassador may postpone indefinitely.

In the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the candidacy of Michael McFaul, put forward by Barack Obama, received a positive assessment.

According to Alexander Lukashevich (representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation), McFaul is well known in Russia as an authoritative professional and one of the closest assistants to the American president dealing with issues of Russian-American relations. Lukashevich noted that Mr. Beyrle achieved good results in establishing and strengthening working contacts in Moscow, which certainly contributes to the further development of bilateral relations. The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed the hope that the future ambassador would continue to move along the course taken.

He also noted that getting approval from the US Congress is not an easy exam for a candidate.
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    1. +4
      16 November 2011 21: 56
      Look at his face more carefully, such a naive and kind)). Let him not come)) It will be hard for him here, he will be surprised at our rhetoric in the light of the upcoming elections. )))
    2. zczczc
      +4
      16 November 2011 22: 00
      Helpful, executive, very hardworking, a little bookworm. Uninitiated, not very inventive.
      It’s not hard.
      1. +1
        16 November 2011 22: 03
        I mean that in the statements here it will be much calmer.
        1. zczczc
          +1
          17 November 2011 00: 20
          Dmitry_24rus, harsh statements are a consequence of the weakness of one's own position. A dog knows when and to whom it barks ...
    3. +4
      16 November 2011 22: 05
      You should have sent McCain. Seryozha Lavrov would personally catapult him back from his kayak))
    4. Anatoly
      +2
      16 November 2011 23: 47
      They are looking for someone to send in a bastard!
      And in the light of the previous article, about its purpose, it is very funny to read this - "...and is one of the largest specialists in Russia in the USA"
    5. zczczc
      +1
      17 November 2011 00: 22
      Anatoly, if Bzezhinsky were sent, it would be very interesting to look at his guard! Probably Obama would have been less protected :)))
    6. +3
      17 November 2011 00: 22

      According to Alexander Lukashevich (representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation), McFaul is well known in Russia as an authoritative professional and one of the closest assistants to the American president dealing with issues of Russian-American relations. Lukashevich noted that Mr. Beyrle achieved good results in establishing and strengthening working contacts in Moscow, which certainly contributes to the further development of bilateral relations. The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed the hope that the future ambassador would continue to move along the course taken.


      In the summer, he (McFaul) on one of their channels vilely poured mud on Russia, the Russian people, the entire Russian elite, recently the entire Internet copied and pasted his interview to some newspaper (I can't give which one, I think who followed the news, understands what it is about) where he criticized the sensational floor. the progress of the "reset". He declared that they would keep us tight-knit, etc., and after that he is an authority, a professional, a diplomat and just a respected person in Russia. What kind of sneak on ...?
      1. +2
        17 November 2011 06: 12
        Well, how else is he an American, and they have their graters there about us, look at what they say about them, it’s not much better
      2. Sergh
        +2
        17 November 2011 07: 23
        Dmitry T, you imagine on one landing, two neighbors. When they meet, they greet, chatter, smile, and when they come home, they tell their husband with sarcasm how she (the neighbor) washed the ski poles in the washing machine.
        1. rnb1983
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          17 November 2011 10: 14
          Mutual "love" proven over the years wink

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