Russia forces British Council offices to close.

[Jamie (K)]

Not long ago, the Russian secret service evidently had a former spy named Alexander Litvinenko murdered because he was criticizing the Russian president. There has been a dispute, because the British government wants the murderer extradited, but the Russian government won't cooperate. As part of this wrangling, the Russian government has ordered some British Council offices closed. So people in St. Petersburg and Ekaterinburg are losing a good resource.

[Edwin]

hallo Jamie-K,i knew very a little about that shivery country,but majority of news what i got from the tv or net or newspaper about Russian were concerning SPY and MURDER.i dunno why....

Edwin
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[Alan]

Hi,

There is an added piquancy in the fact that the head of the British Council office in St Petersburg just happens to be the son of a former leader of the British Labour party.

Alan
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[Jamie (K)]

[Alan]

Hi,

If this is intended as a genuine naive question, my reference to 'piquancy' simply highlights the fact that the guy who runs the office might be regarded as a member of the British 'Establishment'.

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