Luxembourg–Russia relations

Luxembourg–Russia relations are the bilateral foreign relations between Luxembourg and Russia. Luxembourg has an embassy in Moscow along with a honorary consulate in Saint Petersburg, and Russia has an embassy in the city of Luxembourg.

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. As bilateral trade had more than tripled from USD 66.6 million in 2003 to USD 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 Bulgaria to Luxembourg to work mainly in the flourishing iron ore industry. [ [http://www.ng.ru/style/2001-02-15/16_memory.html Life of Sergey Pukh] ]

Since 1982 the Grand Duchy has a Russian Orthodox Church.

On 1 June 2008 there were eventually 943 Russians registered in Luxembourg [ [http://www.ecp.public.lu/repertoire/stats/2008/06/index.html Répertoire des personnes physiques] ] .

References

External links

* [http://www.ruslux.mid.ru/ Russian embassy in Luxembourg]