James Barbour

Two months ago my family and I moved, over the course of a weekend, from Moscow to Washington.  There are obvious differences – humidity instead of... read more

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This week it feels like Spring has finally arrived in Moscow.  It's a great time of year.  The Sun's out, the snow is starting to melt, and the mood... read more

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One particular story caught my eye on the BBC website this morning. It's a story which comes around every so often, but more so of late:  the... read more

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A request from the FCO blogs team: tell us what you think about our blogs so that we can improve them. We want to know what you like and dislike about our... read more

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In itinerant professions such as mine, one of the more common topics of conversation is the effect of our regular upheavals on our families. Uprooting every few... read more

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I used to love the Eurovision Song Contest.  I'm exactly the right age to just about remember Bucks Fizz's win in 1981 with 'Making your Mind Up'. ... read more

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Nice name-check for this blog, and a number of other FCO blogs in this part of the world, on Andy Young's  www.siberianlight.net ... read more

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  Вот, мой первый блог на русском языке!    Вчера в Коммерсантъ была опубликована эта статья:   Низкоуглеродн... read more

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Yesterday afternoon lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova were murdered less than a mile away from this Embassy, shot at close range with... read more

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is 60 today.  The world has changed immeasurably in those 60 years, and Russia is no exception. ... read more

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I joined the FCO just over eleven years ago.  In my first department was a gentleman, a year away from retirement, whose first posting had been to... read more

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Few readers will need reminding that tomorrow is the nintieth anniversary of the 1918 Armistice.  British Embassies and High Commissions around the world... read more

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Apologies for the week or so's silence.  As those of you who follow the UK press will be aware, we had a high-profile visitor last week in the form of Lord... read more

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Some great photos have just come my way which illustrate some of the UK’s work with Russia on the nuclear legacy of the former Soviet Union. The hulk in... read more

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Today is Blog Action Day .  Almost 10,000 blogs have signed up to discuss the same topic on the same day – poverty. One of the goals for this blog... read more

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