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PHOTO REPORTS
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 | | On 15-16 May 2012 the Kensington Town Hall hosted 53rd International Spring Fair. The Russian Embassy along with other members of London’s diplomatic community took part in this charity event. |
 | | In just over 400 days, the Russian capital of Moscow and the Rugby Union of Russia will host Rugby World Cup Sevens 2013. This will be the final Rugby World Cup Sevens event before the sport becomes Olympic at the 2016 Rio Games. |
 | | Victory Day, 9 May, was marked by events throughout Britain. Russian Embassy staff laid wreaths and flowers to memorials in Jersey (first row of photos below), Harrogate, Liverpool, Chester (second row of photos), Shaftesbury, Hartlepool, Aldershot (row 3 of photos) and other towns where Soviet war graves can be found.
A Victory Day celebration was arranged by the students of the University of Essex (Colchester) (row 4 of photos). |
 | | On 9 May 2012, in a traditional ceremony, wreaths were laid at the Soviet War memorial near the Imperial War Museum in London. The participants included British and Russian veterans, representatives of the UK authorities, Embassies of Russia and other countries, NGOs, Russian-speaking compatriots. The ceremony was followed by a reception for the veterans organized jointly by Embassies of CIS states. |
 | | On 29 April 2012 a memorial plaque to the members of the Soviet-British military mission who died in an air crash in 1942 in Yorkshire was unveiled near the site of the crash: Vine House, Main Street, Great Ouseburn. |
 | | On 24 April Ambassador Alexander Yakovenko met at a dinner hosted by the British Council with Russian Olympic athletes who between them have won 8 gold medals: Dinara Safina (tennis), Buvaisar Saitiev (wrestling), Maria Kiseleva (synchronized swimming), Svetlana Masterkova (athletics). The discussion focused on how sport inspires, unites and connects people across the world in a way that few other things can. |
 | | On 23 April 2012 Alexander Yakovenko, Russia's Ambassador to the UK, took part in a presentation of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) for the leading British and international investment funds and companies in London. |
 | | On 21-22 April Stratford-upon-Avon hosted the traditional Shakespeare Birthday celebrations. The Russian Embassy was represented by Counsellor Artem Kozhin, head of the Embassy's Press service. The Russian representative took part in the official programme which included a meeting with the Mayor, who received a book of poems by Mikhail Lermontov as Embassy's present, members of the Shakespeare Festival committee, visits to memorial places associated with the Bard. Unfurling of banners of the participating countries took place in the city centre, including that of Russia. |
 | | On 12 April 2012 the Russian Ambassador Alexander Yakovenko met young Russian sculptors Andrey Blokhin and Yegor Kuznetsov who are preparing their exhibition in UK this year. |
 | | After the first successful shows at the London Coliseum the Saint Petersburg Boris Eifman Ballet troupe visited the Russian Embassy on 5 April 2012 and was received by Ambassador Alexander Yakovenko. The tour runs until 7 April. |
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