King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia's Visit to St Petersburg: February 24-25, 2011

[lula]

King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia will travel to the Russian city of St. Petersburg to open the Spain-Russia Year 2011.

Viaje de SS.MM. los Reyes a San Petersburgo. Casa de Su Majestad el Rey de España

King of Spain Juan Carlos I to visit Russia Feb 24-25

ITAR-TASS

King Juan Carlos I of Spain and Queen Sophia will make a working visit to Russia

President of Russia

 

[Duke of Marmalade]

More information on the background of the visit:

Kremlin - King Juan Carlos I of Spain and Queen Sophia will make a working visit to Russia
Russia, Spain in broad exchange programme: Voice of Russia
AFP: Spain's Prado, Russia's Hermitage to swap works
The Prado and the Hermitage Swap Masterpieces to Mark "Spain-Russia Year" - ARTINFO.com

 

[lula]

Medvedev to meet with King of Spain, open Year of Spain in Russia

http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=15983476&PageNum=0

 

[AnaC]

They've arrived at Saint Petersbourgh:
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Dinner with the president at the restaurant Mansarda:
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Article: Interstitial - Noticia
The King and Queen will have separate agendas, her host will be the First Lady, who will take her to the Hermitage and different cultural sites.

 

[Kasumi]

HM the King at St Petersburg with Dmitry Medvedev, February 24th 2011
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[lula]

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[Marika86]

Queen Sofia and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev's wife, Svetlana Medvedeva visit the Pushkin Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, 25 February 2011.

spanish-monarchs-visit-russia-russia-spain-758958 - Videos en Foto's, pers en stockbeelden | Isopix.be | Vidéos et Photos de presse et banque d'images

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King Juan Carlos and Russia's president Dmitry Medvedev during a meeting with Russian and Spanish business leaders at the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library. February 24, 2011

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[lula]

King Juan Carlos and Dmitri Medvédev open the Spain-Russia Year 2011

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[lula]

Queen Sofia and Svetlana Medvedeva visit Russian State Museum and Pushkin Museum

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[lula]

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Spanish King Juan Carlos during their meeting with businessmen in the Yeltsin Library in St. Petersburg

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[lula]

Inauguration of the Prado Museum exhibition at The Hermitage in St. Petersburg

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King Juan Carlos with Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin

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Video

Los Reyes visitan Rusia ? Videos en lainformacion.com

 

[lula]

Spanish Royals Open Exhibition Of Spanish Art At Hermitage


http://www.gettyimages.es/Search/Search.aspx?EventId=109423527&EditorialProduct=Royalty

 

[Grandduchess24]

Who were the people they met with? And aren't one or both of Romanov decent so they were in a palace that once belonged to their ancestors, I just wonder how they felt visiting.

 

[carlfraley]

HM is of Romanov decent through her Great Grandmother,HM Queen Olga of the Hellenes, née HIH Grandduchess of Russia