US AMBASSADOR IN RUSSIA DEPARTS HOME FOR CONSULTATIONS

Highlights

• As per Kremlin, it couldn't order Ambassador John Sullivan to leave for consultations and could only “recommend” that he do so amid the current tensions

• Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said that Sullivan's departures reflect current tensions in the relationship between the United States and Russia

According to the statement issued by the U.S. ambassador John Sulli....