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FCDO travel advice for Russia. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
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Updates, news and events from the UK government in Russia
Information about living in Russia – including visas, working, healthcare and driving.
UK Senior Military Advisor, Lt Col Joby Rimmer, highlights Russia’s continued and deliberate disinformation in the OSCE. Russia’s failure to honour even limited de-escalatory opportunities reveal a broader unwillingness to choose diplomacy over destruction.
Deputy Ambassador James Ford condemns Russia’s mass strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure during severe winter temperatures. These actions show Russia is choosing destruction over peace. The UK also urges Russia to release detained OSCE staff members.
The process when a British national dies in Russia, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK
Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients from Russia for healthcare practitioners.
This page brings together the government's announcements of the UK’s sanctions in response to Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine.
List of designated persons and notices issued about new designations, revocations, delistings and other changes to the UK Sanctions List.
Ambassador Holland highlights how Russia’s domestic repression underpins its war of aggression against Ukraine, including a crackdown on dissent, the detention of political prisoners and pressure on civil society.
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