Former Europe Minister, Denis MacShane MP, Urges New Russian Leader to Develop Better UK Relations
7 July 2008
Denis MacShane MP told BBC Radio 4 Today listeners on the 7th July 2008 that the new Russian president, Dimitri Medvedev, could start a new era of UK-Russia relations by dropping the campaign of harassment against the British Council operations in Russia.
"The British Council is a fine organisation that promotes understanding between Britain and Russia but President Medvedev has described it as a ‘nest of spies’ which is aggressive cold war language," said MacShane.
Denis MacShane MP told BBC Radio 4 Today listeners on the 7th July 2008 that the new Russian president, Dimitri Medvedev, could start a new era of UK-Russia relations by dropping the campaign of harassment against the British Council operations in Russia.
"The British Council is a fine organisation that promotes understanding between Britain and Russia but President Medvedev has described it as a ‘nest of spies’ which is aggressive cold war language," said MacShane.