British Council offices reopen in Russia
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A British cultural organization reopened offices in two Russian cities Monday in defiance of an order to close, reportedly prompting Russian authorities to summon the British ambassador to the Foreign Ministry.
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Russia has launched a campaign to promote the national language after almost two decades of retreat -- to match the country&#39;s increasing economic and political confidence.
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Russia announced on Monday it will not issue new entry visas to staff working in the British government's cultural offices in two regions, sharpening a row that has soured already-poor relations.
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Britain voiced optimism Friday that a Russian art show can go ahead after scrambling to prevent Russia cancelling the exhibition, in the latest diplomatic tussle between London and Moscow.
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Threats by Russia to take further action against the British Council "can only make matters worse", the foreign secretary says.
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Russia is ready to normalise relations with Britain amid a mounting diplomatic row, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in Berlin, according to Russian news agency reports Friday.
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A Web site used by a Chechen warlord to claim responsibility for September's school siege in Russia has reopened, one month after it was closed by the Finnish company that hosted it.
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Two British Council offices will defy a Russian order for them to close, the UK embassy in Moscow says.
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Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre will reopen  after restoration in November 2009, a year behind schedule,  after emergency work to save it from collapse, officials said  on Thursday.
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The British Council suspended operations at its Saint Petersburg office Wednesday as London condemned the questioning and detention by Russian secret police of employees at the cultural body.
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BESLAN, Russia  - Children returned to schools in this grief-stricken southern Russian town Wednesday for the first time since heavily armed militants seized more than 1,200 hostages at a school two weeks ago in a raid that shocked Russia and the world.
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Russia's decision to temporarily close regional offices of the British Council cultural body is "totally unacceptable," Prime Minister Gordon Brown said as he urged Moscow to reverse the move.
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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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Russia summoned the British ambassador and imposed sanctions Monday after the British Council defied a government ban to close two offices, heightening diplomatic tensions between the two countries.
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MOSCOW. Dec 9 (Interfax) - The BBC has stopped its FM radio broadcasts in Moscow, although it is continuing to broadcast on medium wave. "Our core medium wave broadcasts in Moscow are continuing. We are also continuing to broadcast on FM in St. Petersburg.
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A British cultural organization defied a Russian government order to close offices in two cities, creating a fresh strain in the already tense relations between Russia and Britain.
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Talks on re-opening British Council offices cannot start until visa and terror rows are settled, says Russia's UK ambassador.