Russia's Lavrov rejects sanctions on Iran now
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Russia opposes new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program at this time because it would undermine a study by the U.N. atomic watchdog of Iran's activities, Russian news agencies said on Thursday.
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Russia's top nuclear body rebuffed on  Thursday Iran's announcement that an atomic reactor Moscow is  building for the Islamic state, long an irritant in Russia-U.S.  relations, faced further delays.
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Russia has indicated it will not allow the United States to use a radar station in Azerbaijan for missile defense against Iran, an Iranian foreign ministry spokesman was quoted by the IRNA news agency as saying on Sunday.
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Germany said on Wednesday Iran could not   be allowed to harm the United Nations by pursuing its nuclear   programme, but Russia said using force against Iran must be   ruled out and also questioned the need for sanctions.
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Russia will not quit a key arms control pact next week at a conference in Vienna, local news agencies quoted Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on Wednesday.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday that United States missile defence plans could worsen the Iranian nuclear stand-off and urged Washington to freeze work on the issue with the Czech Republic and Poland.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday a six-party meeting on Iran's nuclear plans will take place on Tuesday, Russian agencies reported.
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Yesterday the authorities of Russia and Israel rejected rumors about a crisis in bilateral relations.
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Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov insisted on Thursday Russia still intended to approve the Kyoto pact on climate change, despite official papers showing the government was turning against it.
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SOFIA (bnn)- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov denied Tuesday that his country has blocked adoption of a draft declaration about Ukraine at a foreign ministerial meeting of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe in Sofia.
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In a historic first visit to Iran, Russian President Putin affirmed support for Tehran's nuclear program and rebuffed any militarization in the Caspian region.
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MOSCOW - Russia said yesterday that it would oppose tougher sanctions on Iran for the time being and accused the United States and the European Union of undermining efforts to resolve diplomatically the crisis over Tehran's nuclear program.
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Russia&#039;s security council chief said Sunday the Kremlin opposes the use of force against Iran over the country&#039;s nuclear program, state television reported.
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NEW YORK - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov of Russia clashed over sanctions against Iran's nuclear program at a meeting of world powers yesterday, participants said.
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Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov praised a revised draft U.N. Security Council resolution on Iran, which Britain and France plan to introduce on Monday.
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Russia failed to resolve differences with the United States and key European countries Monday over a U.N. resolution that would impose sanctions on Iran for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment.
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Russia warned Iran on Wednesday that its development of rockets and continued uranium enrichment was creating the impression Tehran was intentionally ignoring the concerns of the international community.