Despite the absence of flights between Great Britain and the Russian Federation, there are still certain categories of foreign citizens, who have the...
UEFA EURO 2020 matches in Saint-Petersburg
Ambassador Andrei Kelin's interview to Guy Faulconbridge on Reuters, May 20, 2021
Embassy Press Officer replies to a media question regarding the speech on the cyber security by the UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab
Embassy reply to a media request from The Guardian
Воок of Condolence for the victims of the tragedy in School №175 in Kazan on 11.05.2021
Ambassador Andrei Kelin's Victory Day Address
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Video address by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's flight into space, Moscow, April 12, 2021
Сolleagues, friends,
This year, the whole world is celebrating a truly significant event, the 60th anniversary of the first manned flight into spac...
Stephen Walker presents his new book 'Beyond', dedicated to first human spaceflight by Yuri Gagarin
The Russian Ambassador to the UK Andrei Kelin welcomed British writer Stephen Walker who presented his new book 'Beyond', dedicated to the first human...
Ambassador Andrei Kelin’s address on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the first human spaceflight
Dear friends!
60 years ago Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to fly into space. We are rightfully proud of the fact that this scie...
Interview by Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov to Hindustan Times, April 6, 2021
Question: With India and Russia set to resume high-level engagements after the Covid-19 crisis, what will be priorities for bilateral agenda in 2021?...
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview given to Channel One’s Bolshaya Igra (Great Game) talk show, Moscow, April 1, 2021
Vyacheslav Nikonov: The word “war” has been heard increasingly more often lately. US and NATO politicians, even more so the Ukra...
Embassy Press Officer replies to a media question regarding the inquest into the death of Dawn Sturgess
Question: Newly appointed to lead the inquest into the death of Dawn Sturgess, Baroness Hallet has announced her plans to examine the Russian state&rs...
Ambassador's Articles
Remembering Ambassador Churkin (by Ambassador Yakovenko for RT)
Work in New York, at a mission to the United Nations differs a lot from any Embassy. Especially so for a mission of a nation-permanent member of the S...
Deal is straightforward yet Kiev drags its feet (by Ambassador Yakovenko for FT)
Sir, The latest flare-up in eastern Ukraine is just more evidence of the Kiev government choosing war over reform (Letters, February 1). It has been d...
MEPP: inter-Palestinian conference in Moscow (by Ambassador Yakovenko for RT)
On 15-17 January in Moscow there was held an inter-Palestinian informal meeting organized by the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy...
Crimea and Minsk Agreements: what the British media would not tell? (by Ambassador Yakovenko for RT)
The recent escalation in eastern Ukraine is again presented in the British media as Russia’s attempt to wage a proxy hybrid war against Kiev&rsq...
Finally there is hope for peace in Syria. Now let's concentrate on fighting Isil (article by Ambassador Yakovenko in The Daily Telegraph, 25 January 2017)
For almost a year and a half, as the British government and media were accusing Russia of pursuing a military solution in Syria, we have patiently sai...
Back to basics in international relations (letter by Ambassador Alexander Yakovenko for Evening Standard, published on 17 January 2017)
Recently we have seen a trend of questioning electoral outcomes in Western nations under the pretext of undue outside interference, first of all &ldqu...
Why the elites blame post-truth politics for their failures, by Ambassador Yakovenko for RBTH, published 22 December
Establishment leaders in Europe and America need a reality check and to address voters' genuine concerns in a globalized world.
The year 2016 has see...
Bringing peace to Syria (by Ambassador Yakovenko for "Sunday Mirror", published on 20.11.2016)
It has to be borne in mind that Russia sent its Air Force to Syria only on 30 September 2015. According to our Western interlocutors, it was a critica...
Collectivism and connectivity at the heart of APEC (by Ambassador Yakovenko for RT)
On 19–20 November 2016, Lima hosts regular meeting of the Asia‑Pacific Economic Cooperation. 21 countries’ leaders gather in ord...
OPCW decision on Syria is deeply regrettable (by Ambassador Yakovenko for RT)
On 11 November, a group of Member States of the Executive Council of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) secured support f...
BRICS: a new model of global cooperation (by Ambassador Yakovenko for RBTH)
BRICS has become a solid inter-continental force within the existing system of global governance. There is nothing revolutionary or iconoclastic about...
5 Things Everyone Needs To Know About Russia's Position On Syria (by Ambassador Yakovenko for RT)
1. On 18 October, the Russian Aerospace Forces in Syria and Syrian Air Force ceased airstrikes against terrorists in Aleppo. In coordination with the...
It’s time for West to see reason and stop supporting terrorists (by Ambassador Yakovenko for RT)
On 21 October, on the UK initiative the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) met for the 25th special session to discuss the recent situation in Aleppo. Disc...
Syria. Who should be ashamed? (by Ambassador Yakovenko for The Observer)
The novel way of diplomacy, proposed by Foreign Secretary Johnson has so far materialized in a lone gentleman with a poster outside our Embassy &ndash...
Russian position on OPCW-UN JIM report on Syria (by Ambassador Yakovenko for RT)
Recently, the OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) has presented to the UN Security Council its third report, in which it concluded that the Sy...
Why Russia was forced to suspend PMDA (by Ambassador Yakovenko for RT)
Russia has suspended the implementation of the Russia-US plutonium management and disposition agreement (PMDA). The agreement was signed at a time whe...
Who is rattling “nuclear sabre” in Europe? (by Ambassador Yakovenko for RT)
Some in the West have recently ratcheted up their rhetoric about Russia’s “nuclear sabre-rattling” in Europe. Indeed, the USSR did d...
Migrant and refugee crisis: we need to address its root causes (by Ambassador Yakovenko for RT)
Seeking solutions to the problem of migrants and refugees, fleeing their homes due to wars and domestic armed conflicts, is one of the pressing issues...
Syrian settlement: setting the record straight (by Ambassador Yakovenko for RT)
A grave humanitarian situation in Aleppo today is the most topical issue within the context of settlement in Syria. Over past two weeks, as the Syrian...
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