Russia's ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, is "concluding" his diplomatic mission, Russian agencies reported late on Saturday.
"Russian Ambassador to the US, Anatoly Ivanovich Antonov, is concluding his Washington assignment and heading to Moscow," Interfax agency cited a representative of the Foreign Ministry as saying.
The envoy will be returning to Moscow within hours.
HAL TURNER INTEL:
When the Ambassador left, his entourage took with them all the communications gear, cryptographic gear, classified documents, all Diplomatic Staff and - here's the big "tell" -- the entire Diplomatic Security Staff.
It is worth noting that Japan did similar things with their Embassy staff and gear, just prior to Pearl Harbor.
