The Association “Free Word”, the St. Petersburg Pen-Club and the Guild “Master of Literary Translation” made a joint statement in connection with the decision of the Russian Foreign Ministry to terminate the activities of the British Council in Russia. Russia stops the work of the British Council-an organization whose team since 1992 with exceptional professionalism has established Russian-British ties in culture and education.

Immediately after the popular approval of himself, the chief chief of the country, Vladimir Putin, announced the beginning of the election campaign. Not the farce that could be observed for the last three months, but the real and uncompromising struggle for the highest posts of the state.