President Joe Biden plans to appoint Lynn Tracy as the new US Ambassador to Russia. CNN writes about this, citing three sources.
Tracey knows Russian and has already worked in Russia. From 2014 to 2017, she served as deputy head of the American diplomatic mission in Moscow. Since 2019, Tracy has been serving as the US Ambassador to Armenia.
If CNN's information is confirmed, then Tracy will become the first woman to serve as US Ambassador to Russia. Until September 4, this post was held by John Sullivan. He completed his diplomatic mission in Russia as part of a planned rotation and left Moscow. Elizabeth Rood, Deputy Head of the Embassy's diplomatic mission, has been appointed acting Chargé d'Affaires at the US Embassy in Moscow.