U.S. Ambassador to Russia to Return Home ‘Briefly’

“The State Department said Monday that the U.S. ambassador to Russia, John Sullivan, will now be returning to the United States this week before returning to Moscow ‘in the coming weeks,'” Axios reports

“The statement, from a State Department spokesperson, comes just hours after Axios reported that Sullivan had indicated he intended to stand his ground and stay in Russia after the Kremlin ‘advised’ him to return home to talk with his team.”

CNN: Sullivan returning to U.S. this week for “consultations.”