Putin relieved Russia’s ambassadors in France and the United Kingdom of their posts in two days

On September 24, Vladimir Putin relieved Alexey Meshkov of his post as Russia’s ambassador to France. He had held this post since 2017.

On September 25, Putin relieved Andrey Kelin of his duties as Russia’s ambassador to the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland. Kelin had represented Russia in London since 2019.

Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia would not rush to appoint new ambassadors to the United Kingdom and France. He said: “Given the absence of bilateral relations with these countries, there is not much reason to rush, so there may also be pauses in ambassador replacements”, — quoted from the Telegram channel “You Listened”.

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