Historical plaque dedicated to Tsar Nicholas I unveiled in Scotland
On May 24 in Moffat a commemorative plaque to the Russian Emperor Nicholas I was inaugurated. It is installed in the same hotel where he stayed during the trip to Scotland 200 years ago - in 1816.
The festive event was attended by Consul General of Russia in Edinburgh Andrey Pritsepov who noted in his speech the close ties that unite Russia and Scotland for centuries.
The event was arranged by Charity organization GYRE headed by novelist and script writer Elisabeth Roberts.
The inauguration was also attended by Chair of of the Moffat Council B.Opray, representatives of the City Council and the local community.
On 4th March 2020 Ambassador Andrei Kelin visited the Cambridge Union. His Excellency was warmly welcomed and briefed the members on the current state of relations between Russia and the UK, as well as outlined Russia’s position on most pressing international issues. The guests showed genuine interest in the discussion, while the Ambassador was more than happy to answer all possible questions from the audience after his talk. During the visit Mr Kelin also signed in the guestbook of the Union.
Russia and Great Britain were key allies in World War II. And Britain was the only country to have launched a mass fund-raising movement to support the city of Stalingrad which suffered heavy damage from Nazi bombings. People from over 300 towns and cities across the UK have participated in this campaign, including St Albans. The exhibition “Stalingrad in British History” is dedicated not so much to the history of the battle itself, as to this precise partnership and solidarity among the peoples of our two nations.
On 13 February 2020 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Mr Andrei Kelin presented his letters of credence to Her Majesty The Queen. The ceremony took place at Buckingham Palace. The Ambassador and his spouse, as well as the accompanying diplomats of the Embassy arrived, in accordance with an established tradition, in horse-drawn landau.
On10 February, on the occasion of Diplomats’ Day in Russia, Ambassador Andrei Kelin laid flowers to the grave of Count Alexander Benckendorff, the last Russian Imperial Ambassador to the UK in 1902-1916, in Westminster Cathedral. A small service was read.
On 4 th February 2020 Ambassador Andrei Kelin visited the Oxford Union. His Excellency was warmly welcomed and briefed the members on the current state of relations between Russia and the UK, as well as outlined Russia’s position on most pressing international issues.
The guests showed genuine interest in the discussion, while the Ambassador was more than happy to answer all possible questions from the audience after his talk. During the visit Mr Kelin signed in the guestbook and took photos with the President and several members of the Union.
On 27 January 2020 Ambassador Andrei Kelin took part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Soviet War Memorial to commemorate the International Holocaust Memorial Day.
On 24 January 2020 the Russian Embassy in London hosted the first symposium of comprehensive schools, supplementary education schools and cultural and educational organisations teaching in Russian language in the UK.
On 15 January 2020 the Embassy held a commemorative ceremony of taking of soil from the war graves of Soviet soldiers who died in War War II, which took place at Stonefall Cemetery in Harrogate. The ceremony is a part of the "Road of Remembrance" worlwide project set up by Russian Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Foreign Affairs within the celebrations of the 75th Victory Day anniversary.
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