Английская Википедия:Embassy of the United Kingdom, Moscow
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The Embassy of the United Kingdom in Moscow is the chief diplomatic mission of the United Kingdom in the Russian Federation. It is located in the Arbat District of Moscow, on Smolenskaya Embankment of the river Moskva. The current ambassador is Nigel Casey.[1]
History
The Embassy site at 10 Smolenskaya Embankment, comprising 0.92 hectares, was offered to the British Government in the mid-1960s and exchanged for two sites in London by an Agreement signed in March 1987. The building contains offices for 250 Embassy staff; 31 flats for staff and facilities for their recreation and welfare, including swimming pool and cafeteria; medical centre and kindergarten; workshops and stores; and covered car parking for 85 cars. The architects of the embassy were Ahrends, Burton and Koralek (ABK) of London and Dublin. The embassy was officially opened by Anne, Princess Royal on 17 May 2000.[2]
In 2007, a sculpture of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson as portrayed by Vasily Livanov and Vitaly Solomin was erected on the embankment alongside the embassy (sculptor Andrey Orlov).[3]
In July 2022, the city authorities renamed the territory the embassy is located in from Smolenskaya Embankment to Lugansk People's Republic Square; the embassy stated that it would continue to use the previous address.[4]
Outside Moscow
Outside Moscow, there is currently one British Consulate-General in Yekaterinburg where the senior officer is the Consul-General. There was formerly a British Consulate-General in St. Petersburg but it was closed in 2018 because of a diplomatic fallout following the poisoning of a former Russian intelligence officer in the United Kingdom.
See also
- Russia-United Kingdom relations
- Consulate-General of the United Kingdom, Saint Petersburg
- Diplomatic missions in Russia
References
External links
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