"Yes it is.
I am moving to another post in Moscow ... It was a great honor for me to be appointed to the post of ambassador to Japan, where I had previously spent three business trips as a diplomat, ”TASS quotes him.
Earlier, the FSB reported that it had detained the Japanese consul in Vladivostok, Motoki Tatsunori, while he was carrying out a spy operation.
The Japanese diplomat was declared persona non grata.
The Russian Foreign Ministry presented the Japanese side with a note of protest in connection with the espionage activities of the Japanese consul in Vladivostok.
After reports of detention in Vladivostok, Tatsunori Galuzin was summoned to the Japanese Foreign Ministry.