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Luxembourg–Russia relations are the
Embassy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in Moscow
Embassy of the Russian Federation in Luxembourg
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Luxembourg–Russia relations are the bilateral
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foreign relations
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between the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
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( member-state of the European Union
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) and the Russian Federation
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. Luxembourg has an embassy in Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...
and an honorary consulate in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
. Russia has an embassy in the city of Luxembourg
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.
Both countries are full members of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
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, and the United Nations
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.
In the history of bilateral relations, the first Russian president to come on an official visit to Luxembourg was Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who holds the office of president of Russia. Putin has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999: as prime min ...
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 hundredWhite émigré
White Russian émigrés were Russians who emigrated from the territory of the former Russian Empire in the wake of the Russian Revolution (1917) and Russian Civil War (1917–1923), and who were in opposition to the revolutionary Bolshevik commun ...
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
, native_name_lang = ru
, image = Moscow July 2011-7a.jpg
, imagewidth =
, alt =
, caption = Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, Russia
, abbreviation = ROC
, type ...
. On 1 June 2008, there were 943 Russians registered in Luxembourg.
21st century
During the2008 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, which Russia had voted for only a few months before. Luxembourg's criticism escalated especially after its International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine started, Luxembourg, as one of the EU countries, imposed sanctions on Russia, and Russia added all EU countries to the list of "Unfriendly Countries List, unfriendly nations".
See also
*Foreign relations of Luxembourg *Foreign relations of Russia *List of ambassadors of Russia to LuxembourgReferences
External links
Embassy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in Moscow
Embassy of the Russian Federation in Luxembourg
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