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11.05.2013 - What World War II can teach us about today’s divided Europe (by Alexander Yakovenko, Russian Ambassador to UK)

World War II was one of the most tragic pages in Russian history: We endured suffering unparalleled in modern history. The four-year struggle against a foreign invasion ended in victory over Nazi Germany, and still holds important lessons for us today.

10.05.2013 - Ambassador’s Notebook: The Growing Threat From Afghanistan

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in Afghanistan and Afghanistan’s Ministry of Counter Narcotics presented a report on opium production in the country in 2013.

09.05.2013 - Ambassador Yakovenko’s greetings to the veterans of WWII on the occasion of the VE Day

Dear veterans, Please, accept heart-felt greetings on the 68th anniversary of our common Victory over Nazi Germany. I would like to express our gratitude for the invaluable contribution you and your Arctic Convoys comrades-in-arms made to the defeat of fascism.

09.05.2013 - Address of Ambassador Yakovenko at the Victory Day wreath laying ceremony, Soviet War Memorial (London, 9 May 2013)

Your Grace, Your Excellencies, Dear Veterans, Friends. Today, we have come here, to the Soviet War Memorial, to mark the day of greatest victory, the day of peace and triumph of human spirit, the day when good triumphed over evil, over fascism.

08.05.2013 - Ambassador's Notebook: Russia’s View on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

The preparatory committee for the 2015 NPT review conference took place in Geneva on April 22-May 3.

07.05.2013 - Statement by Ambassador Alexander Yakovenko, Head of the Delegation of the Russian Federation at the Somalia Conference, London, 7 May 2013

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great honour for me to speak today at this high-level conference which is taking place in London already for the second successive year. Measures implemented by the Federal Government of Somalia with the aim of achieving normalization of the situation in the country deserve a positive assessment.

30.04.2013 - Statement of Russian Ambassador to UK Alexander Yakovenko at the Opening of the First Russo-British Conference: “Challenges of the Global Governance: a sight from London and Moscow”, London, 29 April 2013

Dear ladies and gentlemen, I am glad to welcome you at the Opening of the First Russo-British Conference “Challenges of Global Governance: a view from London and Moscow”.

30.04.2013 - Rugby World Cup Sevens: A Hooligans’ Game Played by Gentlemen

In just under two months' time, one of the world's most exciting sporting tournaments - the Rugby World Cup Sevens - will get underway at Moscow's iconic Luzhniki Stadium, home to the historic 1980 Olympic Games.

29.04.2013 - Russia takes lead on global road safety initiatives (by Alexander Yakovenko, Russian Ambassador to UK)

Russia takes lead on global road safety initiatives

26.04.2013 - Speaking notes of Ambassador Alexander Yakovenko at the Preview Reception on the occasion of the opening of the exhibition "Houghton Revisited: The Walpole Masterpieces from Catherine the Great's Hermitage" 25 April 2013

Ladies and Gentlemen, I am glad to welcome you at today's preview reception on the occasion of the opening of the exhibition "Houghton Revisited: The Walpole Masterpieces from Catherine the Great's Hermitage."

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