UK says Russia harassing its officials
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A British cultural organization accused Russian authorities on Wednesday of harassing its staff and said it had temporarily closed its offices in St. Petersburg.
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A British minister on Sunday condemned "murky murders" clouding President Vladimir Putin's Russia and media reports said police would go to Moscow and Rome to probe the radiation death in London of a former KGB spy.
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The British Council says it is "deeply concerned" for the safety of its staff after grillings by the Russian security services.
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MOSCOW, May 23 -- A senior Russian government minister Wednesday blithely dismissed any possibility of a deterioration in relations with London because of Britain's demand that a former KGB agent be extradited to stand trial for the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, the exiled Kremlin critic who was...
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The Russian government has accused the UK of attempting to "distort facts" in the British Council row.
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The move was a response to Britainâs expulsion of the same number of Russian diplomats earlier this week.
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"Obviously we take that very seriously indeed. ... Any intimidation or harassment of officials is obviously completely unacceptable."  A British cultural organization accused Russian authorities on Wednesday of harassing its staff and said it had temporarily closed its offices in St. Petersburg.The British Council, which acts as the cultural arm of the British Embassy, said the director of its St. Petersburg office was followed and stopped by Russian law enforcement authorities and that intelligence agency officials had interviewed its Russian employees.British Foreign Secretary David Miliband described the Russian actions as an attack on the council. Britain's Foreign Office said Russia's ambassador to London was summoned for talks with British officials. Read more
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Britain has condemned Russia's refusal to extradite Andrei Lugovoi over the Litvinenko murder.
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Russiaâs foreign minister pointed an accusing finger at Britain today for exercising double standards by granting asylum to Chechen separatists.
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The British government's cultural arm,  caught in a political row between London and Moscow, said on  Thursday its Russian regional offices had halted work because  local staff were being interviewed by Russia's security  service.
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Russia's foreign minister charged Friday that Britain had been deliberately worsening relations between the two countries, prompting Moscow to shut the regional offices of a major British non-governmental organization.
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The Kremlin attacks the UK's decision to expel four Russian diplomats as "groundless, inappropriate, unjustified".
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A growing rift between Russia and Britain over the London murder of a former Russian agent prompted warnings Thursday of a full scale diplomatic conflict, complete with tit-for-tat expulsions.
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Russian authorities charge a man with spying for Britain - the latest step in an espionage row between the two countries.
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Britain rejected Russian allegations on Friday that it was politicizing the case of murdered Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko.
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Russia and Britain traded threats and  recrimination on Tuesday as a diplomatic feud over the role of  the British government's cultural arm worsened.
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The British Council says it is very concerned for the safety of its staff after grillings by Russian security services.