The Anglo-Russia Commission was an office of the

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Department of Information established in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

in 1915 that was involved in arranging war supplies from the

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. It was tasked with "

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distribution, use of literature and art therefore,

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, and, as agent for the War Office, the dissemination of military news to non-military and non-Dominion authorities" The office was closed in the early days of March 1918 when it was reported to have "left British propaganda in Russia almost at a standstill".

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