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<p>The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, the right hon. Member for Twickenham (Vince Cable), visited Russia from 11-12 November 2013 for the annual bilateral trade talks between the UK and Russia. He was accompanied by a British business delegation of over 30 companies. During the visit he met First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvatov, Alexander Lebedev, Sergei Mitrokhin the leader of the liberal opposition party Yabloko, and Alexey Sorokin, the CEO of the World Cup 2018 Local Organising Committee. He also met a wide range of Russian Government officials and Russian business leaders and representatives of civil society groups.</p> |