A view of the main building of the U.S. Embassy in downtown Moscow, Russia, is seen in this, May 14, 2013. Image IconIvan Sekretarev/AP Photo
Politico: America’s last man standing in Moscow
John Sullivan, the U.S. ambassador to Russia, is a Donald Trump appointee whom Joe Biden asked to stay. Now, he’s watching American — and family — history repeat itself.
John Sullivan was barely out of his teens when his uncle William, a Foreign Service officer who served as the last U.S. ambassador in Tehran, was briefly taken captive at his embassy during Iran’s revolutionary tumult in 1979.
Four decades later, Sullivan himself is an American ambassador and under siege in a different, but still eerie, way. He’s in Russia, trying to stop a war, while leading an isolated, barely staffed embassy under constant watch and pressure from the Kremlin.
If history is rhyming, it’s partly because Sullivan’s uncle — whose experience was captured in a Newsweek cover Sullivan proudly displays in his office — deeply impressed upon him the importance of public service and respect for America’s diplomats. Those beliefs are why, even though he was a political appointee of President Donald Trump, Sullivan agreed to stay in Moscow when asked by President Joe Biden.
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Update: American Embassy in Moscow is no longer safe – ambassador (RT)
WNU Editor: If a major breaks out in Europe, no place will be safe.
Source: U.S. Ambassador To Russia Says The American Embassy In Moscow Is No Longer Safe
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