Stirling’s former Provost says local ties are being severed with Russia more than decade after he set up a friendship link.
Fergus Wood told the Observer this week that long traditions of having official Russian speakers, including the Russian Consul General, at the annual Burns Supper organised by Trossachs and Teith SNP, have come to an end.
Instead Dr Yuriy Zaderaka, a Ukrainian scientist now living in Scotland, will propose the Toast to Scotland at an event scheduled for Friday, March 25.
