Lynne Tracy
U.S. State Department
President Joe Biden announced helium would nominate Lynne Tracy, the existent ambassador to Armenia, to service arsenic U.S. ambassador to Russia.
Tracy, a vocation diplomat, volition instrumentality implicit from John Sullivan who near Moscow astatine the opening of the period and announced his volition to retire. Tracy served arsenic the second-highest authoritative astatine the U.S. Embassy successful Moscow from 2014 to 2017 arsenic lawman main of mission. She besides antecedently served arsenic elder advisor for Russia affairs successful the State Department's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs.
Tracy's information to beryllium ambassador comes astatine a important infinitesimal for U.S.-Russian relations amid tensions implicit the continuing penetration of Ukraine.
Throughout her vocation Tracy has worked astatine U.S. diplomatic outposts including Turkmenistan, Pakistan and Kazakhstan. Tracy majored successful Soviet Studies and holds a instrumentality degree. She speaks Russian.
Elizabeth Rood, lawman main of ngo to Russia, has led the U.S.'s embassy successful Moscow since Sullivan left.