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  • Foreign Affairs and General Affairs Councils: 11 March

    The Foreign Secretary will attend the Foreign Affairs Council and Foreign Office Minister David Lidington the General Affairs Council.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Affairs Council and General Affairs Council

    Foreign Office Minister David Lidington has updated parliament on the Foreign Affairs Council and General Affairs Council in a Written Ministerial Statement.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Office Minister deeply concerned at Pussy Riot verdict

    Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt said he was deeply concerned after three members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in prison.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Office expresses concern about new Russian NGO law

    A Foreign Office spokesperson said that the new law which labels Russian NGOs receiving foreign funding as foreign agents, and subjects them to increased scrutiny, is deeply worrying.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Office Minister calls for justice for Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky

    Minister for Europe David Lidington has spoken after news that the Russian Investigative Committee has extended their investigation into the death of Sergei Magnitsky.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK hosts meeting on nuclear disarmament verification research

    The UK hosted a meeting at the Foreign Office today with the other P5 nuclear weapon states - the US, Russia, China & France - on nuclear disarmament verification research.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Secretary comments on Russian presidential elections

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has noted the election observers assessment of the presidential elections in Russia on 4 March.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Minister for Europe comments on Kolskaya oil rig collapse

    Minister for Europe said he was saddened to hear of the deaths of oil workers after the Kolskaya oil rig capsized off Sakhalin on 18 December.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Independent assessment of Russian elections raises UK concern

    Foreign Office Minister David Lidington has spoken after the preliminary assessment of the OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission on the Russian Duma elections.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Secretary welcomes agreement on Russia's accession to the World Trade Organisation

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has welcomed the Swiss-brokered deal between Russia and Georgia on customs and border issues, clearing the way for Russian accession to be approved by the World Trade Organisation.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • FCO Minister comments on World Trade Organisation talks

    Foreign Office Minister David Lidington commented today on discussions about Russia's accession to the World Trade Organisation.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Secretary disappointed by Russian and Chinese veto of UNSCR on Syria

    Foreign Secretary William Hague says Britain will continue to stand side by side with the Syrian people and redouble efforts to work with international partners to increase pressure on the regime.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Prime Minister visits Russia to boost trade

    Prime Minister David Cameron is visiting Russia at the invitation of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Office history podcast remembers the 1991 coup and collapse of the Soviet Union

    In the latest episode of the History podcast series, British Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Sian MacLeod, remembers her first posting as a young diplomat to Moscow.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Secretary comments on plane crash in Russia

    Foreign Secretary William Hague expressed condolences after a plane crashed in Yaroslavl yesterday, killing at least 43 people.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

    Mr Tim Barrow CMG LVO MBE has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Russian Federation.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Alina Ibragimova on freedom of expression in Britain

    In a Foreign Office film launched today, Russian violinist Alina Ibragimova discusses the open-mindedness of British audiences towards all forms of music.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Europe Minister comments on Russian democratic freedoms

    The Russian Government today rejected the registration of a new political party, the Party of People’s Freedom (Partiya Narodnoi Svobodi – PARNAS). Europe Minister David Lidington commented on the decision.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Lord Green speaks at the Economic Forum

    Lord Green to speak about success of UK business in Russia and attractiveness of investing in the UK at the St Petersburg Economic Forum attended by the world’s leaders

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK Minister for Trade and Investment to attend St Petersburg International Economic Forum

    Minister of State for Trade and Investment Lord Green arrives in Russia today to attend the St Petersburg International Economic Forum.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government