What career choices do I have with a degree in international relations with politics & Russian from a top uni?

Answer 1

Hi
Its realy down to what you want to do and can demonstrate that you have the ability to deal with people and be able to learn.
A lot of employers look for any degree.
Most folk are employed in areas that are not relevant to their degree.
Unless you apply for a very specialised technical position, the subject is usually irrelevant.
Hope this helps.

Regards
David

Answer 2

your best bet is the EU, they'll need as many russian speakers as they cancheck out their website here http://europa.eu/index_en.htm for jobs.
alternatively try the UN
https://jobs.un.org/Galaxy/Release3/vacancy/vacancy.aspx.
those are the obvious ones and will have a LOT of applicants, you may want to think about a doing a masters if you want to go down that route.
You could try teaching but again you'll have to study further, at least a PGCE is needed.
Lots of MNCs are expanding into Russia, so try the big oil/energy companies, or the service providers BT/Newscorp/Sky
Alternatively a lot of Investment Banks are looking for IR graduates, as advisors/consultants
when you say a top UNI i'm guessing a red brick, so there's always the Govt. avenue; policy advice, strategic planning, diplomacy, the FCO etc... for these you'll need to do the Civil Service exam, go to www.direct.gov.uk to find it.
You may consider the armed forces, if you're under 25 you can apply to Sandhurst for Officer Training, or the Navy.
finally there are the intelligence services,MI5, MI6, GCHQ, these all recruit direct from UNIs at career fairs etc.
There are loads of options

Answer 3

Got to be the Civil Service, in the Foreign and Commonwealth office or MI5 or 6.

Answer 4

May I suggest you go to a Russian speaking country and start a coup, after all Lenin and Stalin made it without that wonderful education that you apparently have