{"value":{"id":445255,"askingMemberId":1566,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2016-01-12T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2016-01-18T00:00:00","uin":"903064","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he is having with his Russian counterpart on improving collaboration on defence affairs.","answeringBodyId":11,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Defence","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":88,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2016-01-18T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>I am not currently engaged in any discussions with my Russian counterpart. The illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014 and Russia’s continuing support to separatists in eastern Ukraine do not allow a return to normal engagement.</p><p>However, in the interests of Air and Maritime safety, I have authorised MOD officials to undertake limited military to military engagement with the Russians, which is now in progress.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Russia: Defence","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/445255","method":"GET"}]}