Passers-by in London. Archival photoMOSCOW, April 28 The head of Rossotrudnichestvo, Yevgeny Primakov, told RIA Novosti that the UK had not issued a visa to the agency's new representative. He also noted that a number of countries, including the United States, Slovenia, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Montenegro and Macedonia, have suspended cooperation with the Russian Federation. . In Britain, our representative's visa expired, and the new one was not given a visa,» Primakov explained in an interview with RIA Novosti. He added that Slovenia, Slovakia, Macedonia and Montenegro were also among the countries that suspended cooperation with the Russian Federation. «In Slovenia simply denounced the agreement: they sent a note stating that the agreement is not valid, and in the same place what is the procedure — they must notify in advance of the denunciation, but this does not happen, we have to take people out, in fact evacuate them from there — our representative offices are locked» , Primakov told RIA Novosti. He stressed that the expulsions of representatives of Rossotrudnichestvo began last year in connection with the expulsions of Russian diplomats from a number of countries and continued this year. «It started last year — diplomats and people who work at the embassy were expelled from the Czech Republic. And since we always have a head and a deputy with a diplomatic passport, accredited as local diplomats, they fall under this expulsion,» Primakov explained. British MP writes to Russian ambassador that there are no Russophobes in the House of Commons
