What Is the British Council, and Does It Still Serve a Useful Purpose?
Savage, Michael, The Independent (London, England)
The big question
Why are we asking this now?
Because the British Council has found itself at the centre of a diplomatic row after the Russian government ordered it to close two of its offices. It will be left with just the Moscow headquarters if it is forced to close the offices in St Petersburg and Yekaterinburg by the end of the year but a British Embassy spokesman said they had no intention of closing the two offices.
What did it do wrong?
The Russian foreign ministry says that the British Council has been operating illegally by breaking Russian tax laws. It says that as a profit-making operation, the council is subject to revenue taxes. The …
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Article title: What Is the British Council, and Does It Still Serve a Useful Purpose?.
Contributors: Savage, Michael - Author.
Newspaper title: The Independent (London, England).
Publication date: December 13, 2007.
Page number: 44.
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