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The Russian Lower House of Parliament, the State Duma, has approved the nomination of Russia's former deputy Defence Minister as Russia's next ambassador to the United States. Anatoly Antonov will succeed Sergey Kislyak, who's been at the heart of the Trump-Russia scandal in recent months. Julia Lyubova reports from Moscow.
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