In Scotland announced the boycott of the Year of culture in Russia
The Scottish government said about the lack of support for cross-Year British culture in Russia and year of Russia in the UK, writes the print edition of the Herald Scotland. Authorized authorities also have plans to ignore all events that have been and will be organized in the framework of this program.
" The Scottish government will no longer actively support the Year in the UK in the Russian Federation, and Mrs. Hislop (Fiona Hislop - Fiona Hyslop - Minister of culture of Scotland - note." The ribbon. Ru " ) will not be present on any of the events of the cross year ", - said the Commissioner of the Scottish Cabinet.
Herald Scotland emphasizes that the boycott of Russian cultural events connected with the activity of Russia in the Crimea, the situation in Ukraine and disaster Malaysian airliner.
Another reason for a boycott of Russian culture in Scotland, Under the assumption of Newspapers, has the opportunity to be the requirement of " unconditional public apology "made by the leader of the Ukrainian Diaspora in the UK Michael Ostapko first Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond. In April 2014, the Minister said in an interview to GQ magazine that Putin was " to restore the national pride of the citizens of Russia "that Ostapko considered offensive to Ukrainians.
After the statement by Deputy Prime Minister of the UK nick Clegg about the fact that the Russian Federation should be deprived of the right to host the world Cup, Herald Scotland complements their own material message about what the initiative of the Scottish authorities supported the British Ministry of foreign Affairs and the Affairs of the Commonwealth. Quoting Unidentified