... early October, Prime Minister of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel visited Sochi to meet with President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, in the capacity of a leading international political figure because his small country is presiding over the European Union and can wield more influence in the EU agenda.
The Luxembourg Embassy and Russian International Affairs Council
gathered several European ambassadors
and experts together in a meeting behind closed doors to mull over the ways out of the ...
... customs in order to inform future generation of French sailors that would undertake another commercial trips to the Russian North. Until St. Petersburg was founded in 1703, Arkhangelsk was the only harbor city that would allow Russia to have access to European trade. The first French-Russian trade and friendship agreement was signed in Arkhangelsk. Bruno Vianey, in his book “Le voyage de Jean Sauvage en Moscovie en 1586”, highlights the importance of this expedition for what it represents ...
By Brian E. Frydenborg, February 26th, 2015 (updated February 27th-28th)
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Rosneft Headquarter in Moscow. Behind, the Kremlin.
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from the left: ...
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