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            <text>&lt;div style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Embassy of the Russian Federation&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;13 Kensington Palace Gardens, London W8 4QX&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;London, 31 August 2020&lt;br /&gt;[illegible handwritten note]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dear Sir,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thank you for your letter requesting the Russian Government’s consent to the creation of Mr Evgeny Lebedev as “Baron Lebedev of Kingston upon Thames and of Moscow in the Russian Federation”.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Russian Government does of course welcome the appointment to the House of Lords of Mr Lebedev, a Russian national who has much contributed to strengthening Russian-British relations. However, the Russian Government has not taken any participation in this decision and sees no reason to be part of further proceedings in this regard. It is our understanding that territorial designation of British peers is a purely internal British matter. We trust that the respective British authorities will take decisions on this matter as appropriate, of which we will be happy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sincerely yours,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;(Sgd.) A Kelin&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:right;"&gt;Andrei KELIN&lt;br /&gt;Ambassador&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mr Thomas WOODCOCK CVO DL&lt;br /&gt;GARTER PRINCIPAL KING OF ARMS&lt;br /&gt;ROYAL COLLEGE OF ARMS&lt;br /&gt;130 Queen Victoria Street&lt;br /&gt;London EC4V 4BT&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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