Row over British Council in Russia

In mid-December, Russia ordered Great Britain to close two regional offices of the British Council, in St. Petersburg and Yekaterinburg. The reason is an alleged offence against Russian finance and tax law. So far, Great Britain has refused to comply. The Estonian paper blames it all on politics. "Of course, the British Council is not an independent institution. But its main tasks revolve around culture and education. It is difficult to link this with the current political games. So it seems especially silly that the Kremlin, in testing its mettle against London, has picked out the British Council as its scapegoat. The biggest losers are the Russians themselves, and the schools, colleges and museums that have enjoyed support from the British."

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