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The Scotland-Russia Forum Independent Scottish charity working to improve understanding of Russia and her neighbours.

Activities include:
- news of Russian events in Scotland via email bulletins, social media and our website
- lending library
- events
- English language assistants in Russian universities
- promotion of Russian language learning

15/04/2026
The two most recent issues of our journal The Forum, issues 48 and 49
10/04/2026

The two most recent issues of our journal The Forum, issues 48 and 49

Christina Robertson, an accomplished artist, forgotten in her homeland, who painted the Russian royal family.
21/08/2024

Christina Robertson, an accomplished artist, forgotten in her homeland, who painted the Russian royal family.

Article by Elizaveta Renne and Jane Anderson, examining the extraordinary life and career of Christina Robertson, a highly successful 19th-century Scottish painter who became virtually forgotten in her homeland after she left to pursue her art career in

Jen Stout, journalist and author of Night Train to Odessa, will be two famous Ukrainian authors, Olesya Khromeychuk & An...
20/08/2024

Jen Stout, journalist and author of Night Train to Odessa, will be two famous Ukrainian authors, Olesya Khromeychuk & Andrey Kurkov in an event "We Need to Talk About Ukraine" as part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

We would most warmly encourage members to attend this event, and if anyone would be so kind as to write a short impression of the discussion for our next issue of The Forum magazine, we would be most obliged!

https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/whats-on/olesya-khromeychuk-andrey-kurkov-we-need-to-talk-about-ukraine?

From Wed 21 Aug - Until recently, Andrey Kurkov (one of Ukraine’s finest novelists) was struggling to write fiction. Non-fiction felt more urgent and he wrote article upon article, trying to keep the war alive in…

Russian is widely spoken on the streets of Tallinn, Estonia.There is a Russian Cultural Centre in the centre of town wit...
19/05/2024

Russian is widely spoken on the streets of Tallinn, Estonia.

There is a Russian Cultural Centre in the centre of town with lots of lectures, concerts and other events. All events are free and open to the public.

https://venekeskus.ee/

Well done British Ambassador
09/05/2024

Well done British Ambassador

Обращение посла Великобритании в России Найджела Кейси ко Дню победы в Европе. Подписывайтесь на наши соцсети, чтобы не пропустить всё самое интересное о Вел...

A cheerful cultural update, the brilliant RSNO perform Rachmaninov’s Symphony No.2 in Edinburgh (Usher Hall, 17 May) and...
09/05/2024

A cheerful cultural update, the brilliant RSNO perform Rachmaninov’s Symphony No.2 in Edinburgh (Usher Hall, 17 May) and Glasgow (Royal Concert Hall, 18 May). The concert in Glasgow can also be streamed online, with all details available on the RSNO website:

Principal Guest Conductor Patrick Hahn returns to Scotland.

С днём Победы!
09/05/2024

С днём Победы!

03/05/2024

Our 2024 AGM will be at 6pm on Thursday the 30th of May at the Quaker Meeting House Edinburgh.

You can keep up-to-date with SRF news and events on our Talks & Conference page on the website:
14/03/2024

You can keep up-to-date with SRF news and events on our Talks & Conference page on the website:

Talks and conferences on Russian and FSU topics in Scotland

Our new issue of The Forum is out and has been emailed or posted to members. It is also available in the Archive section...
27/02/2024

Our new issue of The Forum is out and has been emailed or posted to members. It is also available in the Archive section of the website.

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