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Luxembourg–Russia relations are the bilateral foreign relations between the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg ( member-state of the European Union) and the Russian Federation. Luxembourg has an embassy in Moscow and an honorary consulate in Saint Petersburg. Russia has an embassy in the city of Luxembourg. Both countries are full members of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, and the United Nations. In the history of bilateral relations, the first Russian president to come on an official visit to Luxembourg was Vladimir Putin on 24 May 2007.


Economic relations

As bilateral trade had more than tripled from US$66.6 million in 2003 to US$228.3 million in 2006, time had come to strengthen the ties between the two countries, energy and finance being the key areas of cooperation between Russia and Luxembourg.


Russian immigrant workers in Luxembourg

In 1926, about a hundred White émigré families, mostly former officers, came over from Bulgaria to Luxembourg to work mainly in the flourishing iron ore industry. Since 1982, the Grand Duchy has a Russian Orthodox Church. On 1 June 2008, there were 943 Russians registered in Luxembourg.


21st century

During the
2008 South Ossetia War The 2008 Russo-Georgian WarThe war is known by a variety of other names, including Five-Day War, August War and Russian invasion of Georgia. was a war between Georgia, on one side, and Russia and the Russian-backed self-proclaimed republics of Sou ...
, Luxembourg claimed that Russia violated
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1808 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1808 was passed unanimously by the United Nations Security Council on April 15, 2008. It sought to address the ongoing situation in Georgia, which had two breakaway ''de facto'' states within its borders, ...
, which Russia had voted for only a few months before. Luxembourg's criticism escalated especially after its recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. After the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...
started, Luxembourg, as one of the EU countries, imposed sanctions on Russia, and Russia added all EU countries to the list of " unfriendly nations".


See also

*
Foreign relations of Luxembourg The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has long been a prominent supporter of European political and economic integration. In 1921, Luxembourg and Belgium formed the Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union (BLEU) to create an inter-exchangeable currency and ...
* Foreign relations of Russia *
List of ambassadors of Russia to Luxembourg The Ambassador of Russia to Luxembourg is the official representative of the President and the Government of the Russian Federation to the Grand Duke and the Government of Luxembourg. The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Russian emb ...


References


External links


Embassy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in Moscow

Embassy of the Russian Federation in Luxembourg
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