Britain slams Russia after closing culture offices
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LONDON/MOSCOW  - Britain accused Russia of "conduct not worthy of a great country" on Thursday after what it called a campaign of intimidation by security services forced its cultural centers in two Russian cities to halt operations.
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Russia said Wednesday it was likely to cancel a landmark exhibition of Russian art in London because Britain had not guaranteed the paintings' return, adding to growing tensions between the two countries.
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Britain is to expel four Russian diplomats in protest over Moscow's refusal to extradite a key suspect in the poisoning of a former KGB agent.
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Russia accused Britain of politicizing the case of murdered Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko on Friday and said the affair was hurting the two countries' relations.
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Russia criticises North Korea over its nuclear weapons claim and its decision to pull out of six-party talks.
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Russia's culture agency said Thursday it had called off a landmark exhibition of Russian art in London because Britain had failed to guarantee the paintings' return.
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown criticized Russia on Friday for not extraditing the chief suspect in the London murder of former Russian security agent Alexander Litvinenko.
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Britain has condemned Russia's refusal to extradite Andrei Lugovoi over the Litvinenko murder.
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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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Britain's envoy to Russia warned Saturday that plans to shut British cultural offices could hamper EU-Russia ties, but said London would not block talks on a new bilateral pact because of the dispute.
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Russian foreign ministry to expel four British diplomats in the latest round of the ongoing diplomatic dispute with the UK.
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Russia's Foreign Ministry summoned the British ambassador on Monday after Britain defied a Kremlin order and reopened its cultural offices in a row that has soured already-poor relations between the two powers.
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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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Moscow calls off planned show of art masterpieces at Royal Academy in London as relations chill
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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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Britain is using the case of murdered Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko in a political campaign that is harming ties with Moscow, Russia's foreign minister said on Friday.
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The British Council was to make a statement Thursday on the future of its Saint Petersburg office after pressure by Russian authorities forced it to close for a second day, the office's head said.