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For the first time Britain’s top ambassadorships in all of the world’s key diplomatic postings will be held by women after the Paris post was given to Menna Rawlings.
Before 1973, British women diplomats had to resign if they got married and were not sent to posts considered too harsh. In the past half-century, however, they made significant strides in what was previously a male-dominated profession.
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Menna Rawlings Menna Rawlings and Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop shakes hands after signing a British-Australian nuclear agreement at Parliament House in Canberra. Shutterstock
The appointment of Menna Rawlings as ambassador to France completes the female dominance of top British ambassadorial posts.
Lavrov congratulates TASS Director General Sergei Mikhailov on 50th birthday
Lavrov emphasized that thanks to Mikhailovâs work, TASS retains its honest name, and rightfully enjoys good reputation both in Russia and abroad
MOSCOW, March 17. /TASS/. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov congratulated TASS CEO Sergei Mikhailov, who turns 50 on Wednesday, noting his professionalism and profound understanding of journalism. On behalf of the Foreign Ministry’s team and in my personal capacity, I congratulate you on the occasion of a jubilee. On the Smolenskaya Square, you have the reputation of an experienced leader, of a true professional with vast knowledge of all peculiarities of modern journalism, the minister’s congratulatory letter reads.
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• Updated: 08/02/2021
The proven success of Russia s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, despite the West s initial misgivings, shows the world once again that Russia is a contender on many fronts tourism included.
If you re the type of traveller who thinks that power is kind of sexy (periodically problematic as it may be), then Moscow is bound to wow you. Even if my own first vision of Moscow circa 1990-something included nothing very iconic - neither the jubilant domes of St. Basil s Cathedral nor the deliberate sweep of Red Square.
That s because Moscow is a city so steeped in history and political mythology that beyond the eclectic jumble of Russian Orthodox churches and eerie Stalinist high-rises, it s also a sensation, one that mashes up monumentality with a distinct serving of mystery.