The defenestration of Ambassador Haley continues…
From Tass:
MOSCOW, April 18. /TASS/. The United States has notified Russia through its Embassy in Washington that it will not impose fresh sanctions against Russia for the time being, a source in the Russian Foreign Ministry informed TASS on Wednesday.
“I can confirm that the US has notified the Russian embassy that there will be no new sanctions for some time,” he said.
The Washington Post’s Carole Leonnig confirmed this last night:
The Russian government was given a backdoor assurance on Sunday that no more sanctions were coming and to just ignore Nikki Haley. pic.twitter.com/bC8JeSbehg
— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) April 18, 2018
But it leaves an important question: who was informed first the Russian ambassador in DC or Ambassador Haley?
The tick-tock following Haley’s comments and the subsequent reversal of policy raises the question of who was notified first…Russia, or Haley? pic.twitter.com/2RPdAjE0ZI
— Bianna Golodryga (@biannagolodryga) April 18, 2018
The US’s position on Russian sanctions has now been officially announced and confirmed by Russia through a Russian state news media outlet.
We are off the looking glass and through the map.
Stay clammy!
Open thread.