Topic - Anatoly Antonov

"The financial losses for the United States will be much greater than for Russia. However, the main thing for local strategists is to harm our country," he said. "The interests of consumers in Russian high-quality and highly competitive uranium are simply ignored here."

Russian envoy bristles at new U.S. ban on uranium imports →

"We see one of the embassy's primary tasks as lying in the effective organization of voting [by expatriate Russian citizens] in Russia's presidential election within the territory of the United States," Mr. Antonov said. "We will make every effort to ensure that the necessary conditions are in place for our [U.S.-based] fellow citizens to cast their votes."

Russian Embassy plans sites in U.S. for voting in March election →