PHOTO REPORTS
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 | | On 10-12 March 10th Anniversary Model of the UN was held in Edinburgh at George Watson’s College. The MUN General Assembly was inaugurated on March, 11th by the Russian Consul General in Edinburgh Andrey A. Pritsepov, who spoke about the fundamental principles of the UN work and the importance of the organization in the modern world, and shared his own diplomatic experience with the delegates. |
 | | The Veteran of Arctic Convoys Mr Harry Oliver Potts from Morpeth receives the Admiral Ushakov Medal during a solemn ceremony held at the Russian Consulate General on 13th March. Also, memorable gifts created on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the first Arctic Convoy calling Archangelsk as well as a personalized officer wrist watch “VOSTOK" were presented to Mr Potts. |
 | | On 14 March the Russian Embassy hosted a reception to mark the 80 jubilee of Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space. |
 | | 2017 is yet another year of large-scale Russian participation in London Book Fair. More than 450 books are presented to the public at stand READ.RUSSIA. Ambassador Alexander Yakovenko took part in the opening of the Russian stand, with the Head of the Russian Federal Agency for press and mass communications Mikhail Seslavinsky. |
 | | As part of the opening ceremony of the Siberian exhibition in Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh on 10th March 2017, the Russian Consul General in Edinburgh Mr Andrey Pritsepov planted the Tree of Friendship in order to celebrate the beginning of the fruitful cooperation along the lines of Moscow and Edinburgh Botanic Gardens. |
 | | On 10th March the Russian Consul General in Edinburgh Mr Andrey Pritsepov together with the Director of the Main Moscow Botanic Garden Mr Alexander Demidov and the Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh took part in the opening ceremony of the Siberian exhibition in Edinburgh. |
 | | On 6th March 2017, the Russian Consul General in Edinburgh Mr Andrey A.Pritsepov had a meeting with Arctic Convoy Veteran Mr George Laidlaw, who had been awarded the Ushakov Medal. Memorable gifts created on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the first Arctic Convoy calling Archangelsk as well as a personalized officer wrist watch “VOSTOK” were presented to Mr Laidlaw. |
 | | On 9 March the Russian Embassy hosted the launch of the Valdai discussion club report “Global revolt and global order. The revolutionary situation in condition of the world and what to do about it”. The report was presented by Mr Andrey Bystritskiy, Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Club and one of its authors, Mr Fyodor Lukyanov (full text available on our website). The discussion on the new geopolitical reality, which followed the presentation, gathered a number of London ambassadors, academics, businessmen, journalists. |
 | | On 3 March members of Bulgarian community in London laid flowers to the Russian Embassy to commemorate Liberation Day – a national holiday in Bulgaria. |
 | | On 2 March Ambassador Alexander Yakovenko met with Slimbridge Wetland Centre (WWT Slimbridge) Flight of the Swans expedition participants headed by Sacha Dench. The project focused on saving swans population and environment issues. Sacha Dench followed Bewick’s swans - the smallest and rarest members of the swan family- on their annual journey from Arctic in Russian in a motorised paraglider. Ms Dench praised cooperation between Slimbridge Wetland Centre and Russian scientists and authorities. |
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