"It is not our business to evaluate candidates in Joe Biden's foreign policy team ... I think that we need to give the new team time to decide on foreign policy priorities and approaches on specific issues and judge its international course by practical actions, and not only on the basis of pre-election rhetoric." , - quoted by RIA Novosti Antonov.
At the same time, he stressed that in Moscow "they are far from bright expectations."
Antonov noted that the systemic containment of Russia remains the "alpha and omega" of American politics.
However, according to the ambassador, Russian diplomats intend to establish regular contacts with the White House apparatus.
Earlier, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said that there are currently no plans for a telephone conversation between US and Russian Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin.