Foreign and Commonwealth Office written question – answered at on 4 November 2016.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to increase the number of Russian specialists working in (1) Whitehall, and (2) UK embassies in eastern European countries between now and the exit of the UK from the EU.
Over recent years the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has sought to align its expertise with the complexity of issues relating to Russia. Since 2010 the department has increased the number of Russian-language positions in our Russia posts and elsewhere in the Former Soviet Union by 30 per cent, and have increased the minimum duration for Russian-language training from 11 to 14 months. We also have in place dedicated resources across Government and our overseas network focussed on defence, energy, and national security issues relating to Russia.
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