23-04-2008  RBCC Parliamentary Lunch at the House of Commons.

Parliamentary Lunch

London. On 10 March 2008, RBCC London Office held the RBCC Parliamentary Lunch at the House of Commons. The lunch was hosted by Keith Simpson MR The delegates were addressed by Bridget Kendall, BBC Diplomatic Correspondent. Bridget Kendall has been BBC Diplomatic Correspondent since 1998, and before that was Washington Correspondent for four years and Moscow Correspondent for five years. A Russian graduate, much of Bridget's work has involved Russia, including television profiles of Vladimir Putin, Boris Yeltsin and Mikhail Gorbachev. In 2006, she conducted a two-and-a-quarter hour interactive interview with President Putin in the Kremlin which was broadcast worldwide - her second interview with Mr Putin. Bridget came to the RBCC Parliamentary Lunch having just returned from Russia where she covered the Presidential Election. A wide-ranging and lively discussion probed her extensive knowledge of the Russian political and economic situation. We would like to thank Keith Simpson MP for hosting the lunch and Bridget for dedicating time to address RBCC members and guests. The RBCC holds a lunch in the Houses of Parliament for people with business interests in Russia twice a year. If you would like to discuss the latest developments in the Russo-British political, commercial and economic situation at the forthcoming lunch, please contact Chaslav Frim at RBCC London Office, chaslav.frim@rbcc.co.uk.

Bridget Kendall BBC Diplomatic Correspondent taking questions after her insightful presentation. RBCC Executive Director Stephen Dalziel to right and Keith Simpson MP to left.

Source: RBCC Bulletin, Issue 3, April 2008