VIII. Answer the questions

1. What key issue is the article devoted to?

2. How were the British-Russian relations characterized till 2001?

3. What political events gave rise to a serious crisis in bilateral relations?

4. Why do you think the British government decided to freeze cooperation between the two countries’ secret services?

5. Why did the British-Russian relations go into the deep freeze in 2006-2007?

6. What attempts were made by the governments of both states to reset stalled relations in 2010?

7. What agreement was signed between the two sides in order to boost scientific and technological cooperation? Did the Russian government favour the British initiative?

8. What other agreement of great importance was signed between the UK and the RF in 2011? Why didn’t this agreement come into effect?

9. Do you agree that the British Prime Minister’s visit to Russia could be called a positive breakthrough in tense British-Russian relations?

10. What deals did the two parties ink in the course of bilateral meetings?

11. Did the two sides manage to iron out differences on contentious issues?

12. Why is the British government still suspicious of Russia?

13. Is it possible to promote a continuation of British-Russian economic relations without a political rapprochement?

14. How can you characterize the British-Russian relations today?

IX. Turn to current press material

Find an article on the topic “Conflicts” in current Russian newspapers and render it into English using active vocabulary. Prepare questions on the article for discussion.

You may use the following Internet resources:

http://www.mid.ru

http://www.en.rian.ru

http://www.rg.ru

http://russianow.washingtonpost.com

http://global.nytimes.com

http://www.washingtonpost.com

http://themoscownews.com

http://www.themoscowtimes.com

http://cnn.com

http://www.independent.co.uk

http://www.thetimes.co.uk

http://www.guardian.co.uk

http://www.telegraph.co.uk

http://www.aljazeera.com

UNIT IV

MILITARY ACTIVITIES, HOSTILITIES

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