Kislyak going back to Russia, embassy says

[question everything]

Source: The Hill

Sergey Kislyak, the Russian ambassador who has been a central figure in the controversies surrounding the Trump campaign's alleged ties to Moscow, is leaving Washington, the Russian embassy said Saturday.

"Ambassador S.Kislyak has concluded his assignment in Washington, DC Minister-Counselor D.Gonchar will act as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim," the embassy wrote on Twitter.

Kislyak has served as Russia's envoy to the U.S. since 2008, and is a rumored pick for a new position at the United Nations responsible for counterterrorism.

For most of his tenure in Washington, Kislyak maintained a relatively low profile. But that changed more recently amid revelations that he met with several members of President Trump's campaign.

Those meetings have come to light in the wake of the U.S. intelligence community's conclusion that the Russian government sought to meddle in the 2016 election and swing the presidential race in Trump's favor.


Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/international/343335-kislyak-going-back-to-russia-embassy-says

[House of Roberts]

1. He might as well now, since his cover's blown.

The Trump Administration has finally caught on that he's really Russian.

[Warpy]

2. Either to be rewarded for a job well done

or whacked because dead men tell no tales.

[question everything]

20. Indeed. He outlived his usefulness

figuratively or literally.

[Sunlei]

3. He should ask for asylum, fess up & cut a deal. Him and his family are in grave danger.

[dalton99a]

4. Watch for his death notice in the Moscow papers

[BigmanPigman]

5. Don't let the door hit your *#%# ass!

[Bradical79]

6. Who?

says everyone in the Trump administration

[Control-Z]

7. Wasn't this breaking news about 2 months ago?

I swear I've heard it before tonight.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. Yes. . . . nt

[BumRushDaShow]

9. Just a month ago

Buzzfeed broke the story and everyone else picked up on it.

[Igel]

12. And it was denied.

Now, having the truth denied on the part of Russia is a fairly common thing.

But "denial = truth" isn't a valid syllogism. If denial means it's true, then the only way to say something is false is to confirm it--but that's insane. (Although that, too, has happened.)

DU's way down from its critical-thinking peak of years ago, accepting any rumor that we like as absolute truth, but since neither you nor I need to make crucial life-or-death decisions based on things like whether Whiney is leaving and Potter's taking over, I figure we can afford to wait out the rumor mill and go with confirmations. At least in such cases. (Now, about that Texas-sized asteroid that NASA and The Russian space agency both deny is going to hit the Earth in 78, no, make that 77 hours ...)


Let's just hope that Kislyak's then-rumored replacement was just a rumor.

[BumRushDaShow]

19. Yup

I had seen subsequent stories that claimed that he wasn't leaving at all and that it was just a rumor, and still other stories that claimed he was going to be carrying out other functions, etc.

For some reason I still think he will be going regardless. The dynamic here and over yonder has changed and if one has an agenda, the purveyor of it wouldn't be someone whose name is being thrown about in news stories continually.

[HAB911]

10. His work here is done, Mission Accopmplished

[Doug the Dem]

11. Can he take Trump with him?

It's the least he could do.

[Nitram]

13. Good way to avoid testifying.

[mopinko]

16. this

yup. hope mueller gets him on record before he goes. tho i doubt we can compel a "diplomat" to talk.

[Nitram]

17. I doubt they can subpoena anyone with diplomatic status, though.

[DK504]

14. "Ambassador S.Kislyak has concluded his assignment in Washington, DC Minister-Counselor D.Gonchar

... will act as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim," the embassy wrote on Twitter. "

Sure get him out now that the destruction is done. Get him out before he's is up on charges, despite the fact he's an "ambassador".

[Botany]

15. He will be dead in 6 months

n/t

[Nitram]

18. I wouldn't bet on that.

He was a loyal servant of the Kremlin, and he personally made no mistakes that would reflect badly on Russia. I think he has a good future ahead as an analyst of the American political system. By the way, the "n/t" is supposed to go into the subject line so the reader don't have to click on the message to see the rest of the post and find nothing there...

[RealityChik]

21. No doubt he will...

Plunge to his death from the 70th floor of some future Trump Tower Moscow after dining on polonium pie and shooting himself in the back of the head with a .50 caliber handgun.