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09.05.2017 Victory Day celebrated in Britain A number of events commemorating 9 May - Day of Victory in WW2 were held in UK.

28.04.2017 Meeting with the Provost of South Ayrshire On April 26th Consul General of Russia in Edinburgh Andrey A. Pritsepov held a working meeting with the provost of South Ayrshire Helen Moonie.

27.04.2017 Kazakhstan Ambassador Erlan Idrisov talk at the Russian Embassy On April 27 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United Kingdom Mr. Erlan Idrissov gave a talk at the Russian Embassy on "Priorities of Kazakhstan foreign policy in changing world" followed by Q&A session.

25.04.2017 Schoolgirls from St Petersburg win a Pushkin Prize in Scotland Pushkin Prize, established in 1988 by great granddaughter of Alexander Pushkin Lady Butter is traditionally given to students aged 12 to 15 years who submit three literary works of any genre to the contest.

20.04.2017 Ushakov Medal presentation ceremony After a three-year search, the Consulate General was able to contact the sons of now late Scottish Veteran of the Arctic Convoys Mr Graham Wilson, who had been awarded the Ushakov Medal. This was made possible thanks to the assistance of the chairman of the Russian Arctic Convoys Club 21 Ms Anna C Mckessock. Upon finding an article about Mr Wilson in the archive of a small local periodical Kilin News (from the year 2005) with the help of journalists from the newspaper she contacted Veteran’s relatives and informed them of the high award.

06.04.2017 Memorable gifts are presented to Scottish Veteran of Arctic Convoys On 4h April 2017, the Russian Consul General in Edinburgh Mr Andrey A.Pritsepov handed over to a WWII Veteran who took part in the Arctic Convoys, Mr Eric Wallace Lloyd, a set of memorable gifts created on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the first Arctic Convoy calling Archangelsk.

05.04.2017 Ambassador Yakovenko visits Natural & Organic Products Europe show at the London ExCel Exhibition Centre On 3 April Ambassador Alexander Yakovenko visited Natural & Organic Products Europe, one of the world’s most important food industry shows, hosted at London’s ExCel.

05.04.2017 About visit to headquarters of PST GROUP On 3rd April 2017 during a business trip to Glasgow the Russian Consul General in Edinburgh Mr Andrey A.Pritsepov, visited the headquarters (and manufacturing facility) of PST Group and met with the company’s Sales Director Mr Alex Nicol in order to discuss prospects of PTS Group developing economic ties with Russian partners. Exchange of opinions took place in connection with company’s potential for developing operations in Russia.

03.04.2017 Vitaliy Naumkin speech at the Russian Embassy On April, 3 Vitaly Naumkin, President of the Institute for Oriental studies (Russia), Senior Political Advisor to United Nations and Arab League Envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura, gave a talk on “Crisis of nation-states in the Middle East: a view from Russia” for MPs and Lords, diplomats, journalists, representatives of business community, think-tank experts at the Russian Embassy.

26.03.2017 Russian community activists meet in London On 26 March the Russian cultural centre Rossotrudnichestvo in London hosted the 9th annual conference of Russian diaspora in UK. The 70 delegates of 40 organizations from 18 areas of Britain discussed the future of Russian schools, support for small businesses, working with British authorities and other communities as well as diaspora print and online media. Representatives of Russian communities from France and Belgium and of the British authorities also attended as guests. The delegates elected the new Russian community council, now chaired by Olegs Sotnicenko, and supported the creation of an Advisory Board, composed of prominent personalities of the Russian diaspora and British society.

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