PHOTO REPORTS
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 | | On 7th May 2017, a solemn wreath-laying ceremony was held at the Arctic Convoys Memorial in the Cove, Loch Ewe, on the occasion of the 72nd Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. It was Loch Ewe where many vessels that would travel to and from the Soviet Union were stationed during the war. |
 | | On 10 May 2017 exhibition "The Russians in Scotland" was opened in Montrose. The exhibition casts light on one of the lesser known pages of the World War II – the secret mission of the Soviet pilots who brought British transport airplanes from Scotland to the USSR. |
 | | On 11th May 2017, the Russian Consul General in Edinburgh Mr Andrey Pritsepov had a meeting with the Russian Veteran of the Great Patriotic War Mrs Natalya I.Black, to whom he conveyed the congratulations of the President of the Russian Federation on the occasion of the Victory Day. |
 | | In the framework of the commemorative festival in Pool-Ewe arranged by the Russian Arctic Convoy Project on 7th May this year an opening of a new Museum of the Arctic Convoys took place in Aultbea in the bay of Loch-Ewe. |
 | | In the framework of the commemorative festival in Pool-Ewe arranged by the Russian Arctic Convoy Project this year a training ship from St Petersburg "Yunyi Baltiets" with 47 cadets onboard, students of the Maritime Technical College named in honour of Admiral Senyavin, came to Loch-Ewe on 5th May. |
 | | A number of events commemorating 9 May - Day of Victory in WW2 were held in UK. |
 | | On April 26th Consul General of Russia in Edinburgh Andrey A. Pritsepov held a working meeting with the provost of South Ayrshire Helen Moonie. |
 | | On April 27 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United Kingdom Mr. Erlan Idrissov gave a talk at the Russian Embassy on "Priorities of Kazakhstan foreign policy in changing world" followed by Q&A session. |
 | | Pushkin Prize, established in 1988 by great granddaughter of Alexander Pushkin Lady Butter is traditionally given to students aged 12 to 15 years who submit three literary works of any genre to the contest. |
 | | After a three-year search, the Consulate General was able to contact the sons of now late Scottish Veteran of the Arctic Convoys Mr Graham Wilson, who had been awarded the Ushakov Medal. This was made possible thanks to the assistance of the chairman of the Russian Arctic Convoys Club 21 Ms Anna C Mckessock. Upon finding an article about Mr Wilson in the archive of a small local periodical Kilin News (from the year 2005) with the help of journalists from the newspaper she contacted Veteran’s relatives and informed them of the high award. |
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