Russian ambassador thanks U.S. citizens for letters with apologies for Washington’s moves

Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov on Friday thanked U.S. citizens who had sent to the Russian embassy letters expressing support for friendly Russian-U.S. relations and apologizing for Washington’s ill-considered moves towards Moscow. “I would like to express my deepest gratitude to the citizens of the United States who have sent to the Embassy letters in support of the development of friendly relations between Russia and the United States. Many people expressed their disagreement and apologized for the ill-considered statements about the Russian Federation made recently from Washington,” Antonov said in a statement, posted on the embassy’s Facebook page. “I…