New U.S. Ambassador to Russia may be former Head of the US mission to Ukraine

About this newspaper New York Times, noting that the final decision on this issue the Obama administration has not yet adopted, according to rumormillnews.com.

"When a few months ago, the White House began to look for a replacement, Michael McFaul 's candidacy Tefft was doubted because of fears that his experience in the former Soviet republics will cause irritation in Russia. Now the U.S. is not afraid of the reaction of the Kremlin", the newspaper said.

Tefft led the diplomatic mission in Ukraine from November 2009 to August 2013. In 2000-2003, he was the U.S. ambassador in Lithuania in 2005-2009 - in Georgia. From 1996 to 1999, Tefft served as Deputy U.S. Ambassador in Moscow. In February this year, the previous U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul announced that he was resigning. His decision was motivated by personal and family circumstances. February 26 he left Moscow.

McFaul is not a career diplomat. Until December 2011, he was chief adviser to U.S. President Barack Obama's Russia, and earlier - professor of political science at Stanford University (California). U.S. Ambassador in Moscow, he was approved in December 2011.

Ex-ambassador among his major achievements while working in Russia names new START treaty, cooperation between the U.S. and Russia on Afghanistan, cooperation in combating terrorism and cyber threats, as well as agreement on the Syrian chemical weapons.

In March, it was reported that McFaul took a job at the American broadcaster NBC. As reported by the official representatives of media companies, ex-ambassador will focus on topics related to Russia, international relations and national security.