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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
List of designated persons and notices issued about new designations, revocations, delistings and other changes to the UK Sanctions List.
Information about living in Russia – including visas, working, healthcare and driving.
Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki, UK Chargé d’Affaires to the UN, at the UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine.
This guide provides information about being arrested in Russia and what conditions are like in prison there.
Ambassador Holland set out why Russia’s illegal war is failing: unsustainable casualties, minimal gains and mounting economic strain at home. Russia cannot outlast Ukraine’s partners. Russia needs to get serious about negotiations on a just and lasting peace.
UK Senior Military Advisor, Colonel Joby Rimmer warns that Russia’s selective ceasefires mask bad faith engagement, a war dependent economy, and growing militarisation, making Moscow more coercive and risk tolerant. Russia’s actions, not its rhetoric, demonstrate the absence of any...
UK Chargé d’Affaires, Deputy Ambassador James Ford, underscores that Russia’s illegal aggression against Ukraine continues to cause immense suffering and fuel instability far beyond Ukraine’s borders. Regional and global stability depend on a just and lasting peace for Ukraine.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
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