Lynne Tracy is approved to the US Ambassador to Russia. (Photo: Twitter)

The Senate voted 93-2 in favor of her confirmation.

Ms. Tracy will be the first woman to serve in the role if Russia accepts her appointment. She has been the US ambassador to Armenia since 2019 and will replace John Sullivan who resigned in September for personal reasons.

Tracy has worked in four former Soviet Union republic: Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkmenistan.