Russia to expel four British diplomats: official
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Russia will expel four British diplomats in response to London&#39;s expulsion of four Russian diplomats amid a flaring bilateral row, a foreign ministry official said Thursday.
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Britain is considering expelling Russian diplomats from London over Russia&#39;s refusal to extradite a man suspected of killing Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko in London last year, British newspapers said on Thursday.
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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 expels four British diplomats, in the continuing Alexander Litvinenko murder row.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday the Litvinenko affair was damaging ties with Britain, which sent detectives to Moscow as part of the investigation into the ex-KGB spy's death by poisoning.
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Russia and Britain locked in standoff over future of British Council after Britain defies to close offices
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Britain has declared diplomatic war on  Russia by expelling four envoys from London and failing to  respect Moscow&#39;s constitutional ban on extradition, Russian  newspapers said on Tuesday.
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MOSCOW, Dec. 12 -- Russia on Wednesday ordered the closure of two offices of the British Council, the international cultural arm of the British government. The council responded that it has "no plans" to shutter the offices.
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Russia said it would deliver a response on Tuesday to Britain's decision to expel four of its diplomats, amid signs that it will not allow the diplomatic row to affect booming economic ties.
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British Council offices will defy a Russian order for them to close, the UK embassy says.
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Britain said on Monday it was expelling four Russian diplomats over Moscow's refusal to extradite the main suspect in the murder of Alexander Litvinenko.
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Russia said on Thursday it would expel four British diplomats from Moscow, retaliating for Britain's decision earlier this week to send home four Russian diplomats.
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Russia says it wants to restore normal ties with the UK after tit-for-tat expulsions of diplomats.
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Britain accused Russia of "reprehensible" conduct Thursday and announced it was closing offices of the British Council because of a Russian secret police crackdown against the cultural body.
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MOSCOW, Jan. 16 -- Escalating a diplomatic dispute with Britain, Russian security agents called in Russian employees of the British Council for questioning Wednesday and police briefly detained the Briton who heads the cultural organization's St. Petersburg office.
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Moscow vows retaliation after four agents thrown out over Litvinenko case.
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Russia started pulling out some of its   diplomats, military staff and their families from Georgia on   Friday as the small ex-Soviet state pressed spying charges   against a group of Russian army officers.