New U.S. Ambassador Lands in Moscow as Relations Near Breaking Point

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The new U.S
Ambassador to Russia has arrived in Moscow, the U.S
to historic lows.Lynne Tracy, a career diplomat who was a second-ranking official at the embassy from 2014-17, returned to Moscow the day
Embassy said in social media posts accompanied by a photo of the envoy, the first woman to lead the U.S
State Department.Tracy landed in the Russian capital shortly after U.S
President Joe Biden, who nominated her as his next ambassador last fall, announced the delivery of 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine in a major
the latest friction point between the two superpowers, which have seen their relations fall to post-Cold War lows due to a litany of
disagreements.The U.S
Embassy in Moscow halted non-emergency consular services in 2021 after Moscow banned embassies of so-called "unfriendly" countries from
hiring non-Russians.Tracy, who speaks Russian, previously served as the U.S
diplomatic missions in Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan.