Plant Diplomacy: Opening of Siberian Section of Royal Botanic Garden
On 10th March the Russian Consul General in Edinburgh Mr Andrey Pritsepov together with the Director of the Main Moscow Botanic Garden Mr Alexander Demidov and the Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh took part in the opening ceremony of the Siberian exhibition in Edinburgh. It is planned that in next few years the Main Moscow Botanic Garden would see an opening of a Scottish Section. Exhibition exchange became possible through Consulate’s initiative, which is a good example of plant diplomacy i.e. using the universal language of nature in order to foster mutual understanding in times of complicated international climate. The Memorandum of Collaboration, which will promote further cooperation between Russian and Scottish scientist along the lines of Moscow and Edinburgh Botanic Gardens, was signed by Mr Demidov and Mr Milne during the visit of the delegation from the Main Moscow Botanic to Scotland.
On 13 October Ambassador Alexander Yakovenko took part in the event dedicated to the Russian poet Joseph Brodsky, whose prominent scholar Professor Valentina Polukhina has donated her archive of Brodsky papers to the museum of the poet in his native St Petersburg. The evening was hosted by the Russian cultural centre Rossotrudnichestvo and featured talks by Prof. Polukhina, Director of the Museum Mikhail Milchik, deputy editor of Rossiyskaya Gazeta Yury Lepsky, museum volunteer poet Arina Bedrina and the film about Brodsky "A cat and a half".
On 3 October the Embassy hosted a reception and presentation of the analytical online platform “InArt” (https://in-art.ru/en/) by the founder Ms Ksenia Podoynitsyna.
On 3 October the Embassy hosted a reception to celebrate 125 years of Shell in Russia and launch a book about this anniversary. “Shell” is onе of the most well-known and important companies in Russian oil and gas sector.
On 28th September 2017, the Russian Consul General in Edinburgh Mr Andrey A.Pritsepov visited two WWII Veteranы who took part in the Arctic Convoys, Mr Ernest Robertson and Mr William Robertson Mckay. They both received a set of memorable gifts created on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the first Arctic Convoy calling Archangelsk.
On 28th of September during a working visit to Aberdeenshire Consul General of Russia in Edinburgh Andrey A. Pritsepov held a working meeting with the Lord-provost of Aberdeen Barney Crockett and members of the City Council.
On 29 September the Russian Embassy hosted the reception on the occasion of the fourth President’s cup in sambo. The first cup was played in London, and in 2017, after tournaments in Manchester and Edinburgh it returns to London once again.
On 27 September Former Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (2003-2017) Nikolay Bordyuzha presented a report on "Ensuring Security in Eurasia" dedicated to 15th Anniversary of the Collective Security Treaty Organization to the audience of diplomats, businessmеn, journalists at the Russian Embassy.
On 22 September 2017 the Russian Embassy in London hosted the launch of the book “The Mystery of Repentance” by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Rus. Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeev) of Volokolamsk, the Chairman of the Department of External Church Relations of the Patriarchate of Moscow in conversation with Сhurch of England Bishop of Ebbsfleet The Rt Revd Jonathan Goodall discussed the Christian future of Europe.
On 15th September 2017 at the celebrations of the centenary of the Russian studies at the University of Glasgow on the instructions of the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Sergey Lavrov Consul General of Russia in Edinburgh Mr Andrey A.Pritsepov presented the Illustrated Chronicles of Ivan the Terrible also known as the “Tsar Book” to the University of Glasgow. In his speech Mr Pritsepov said that this literary masterpiece provided a rare opportunity for the contemporaries to reopen the turbulent history of antiquity, exploring it through the eyes of a 16th-century scholar.
On 15-17 September 2017 large celebrations were held at the University of Glasgow dedicated to the centenary of Russian studies at this honorable higher education institution.
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