UK council closes in 2 Russian cities
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Britain's foreign secretary on Thursday accused Russian authorities of "blatant intimidation" of staff at a British cultural body caught up in a diplomatic feud between Moscow and London, saying Russia's behavior evoked memories of the Cold War.
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Russia's human rights ombudsman on Friday criticised a decision by Russian authorities to close two regional branches of the British Council on January 1 in a mounting dispute.
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The British Council plans to reopen its office in Saint Petersburg on Monday in defiance of a ban by Russian authorities, the Council said Sunday.
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A protest in Moscow led by chess champion Garry Kasparov and other critics of President Vladimir Putin ended peacefully Monday in marked contrast to their last demonstration in the capital which culminated in beatings and arrests.
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ST PETERSBURG, Russia  - Police have found  explosives, detonators and a gun in a cinema in Russia's second  city St Petersburg which was closed for renovation, the  Interior Ministry said on Thursday.
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Two disputed offices of the British Council are likely to remain closed amid ongoing UK-Russia tensions.
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BESLAN, Russia - President Vladimir Putin ordered the borders of North Ossetia closed Saturday as security forces searched the southern region for militants who escaped the Russian storming of a school where they had held hundreds of people hostage, many who fled the building under fire. A news agency reported 322 bodies were pulled from the rubble...
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Russia responded coolly Friday to Britain's promise to rush through legislation aimed at ending a row that threatens a major Russian art exhibition in London, a news agency reported.
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Polling stations closed in Ukraine's crucial runoff presidential election that pitted a pro-Russia prime minister against a Western-leaning opposition candidate.
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MOSCOW, Jan. 14 -- Two British government-financed cultural offices opened for business Monday in defiance of a Russian government shutdown order, leading Russia to retaliate with a formal protest and limitations on visas for British staff members.
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MOSCOW, Jan. 17 -- The British Council on Thursday suspended operations at its two regional offices in Russia, citing "a campaign of intimidation against our staff" that the cultural organization said presented a "significant risk to them."
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Russian authorities have canceled a major exhibition of French and Russian paintings set to open in London in January, fearing the art could be seized to settle private legal claims, a museum official said Wednesday.
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One of Russia's main zoos  has closed down after the deaths of two geese sparked a bird  flu scare, but a local health expert ruled this out as the  cause of their deaths.
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The European Union Wednesday weighed into a flaring diplomatic dispute between Britain and Russia by criticising Moscow for failing to cooperate with a probe into the murder of a former agent in London.
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Britain on Tuesday defied a Russian  order to close the regional offices of its cultural arm from  New Year's day, but there was no evidence of Russian attempts  to forcibly close British Council centers.
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Moscow cancelled a London exhibition of French and Russian masterpieces on Thursday, saying Britain had failed to guarantee their safe return in the latest diplomatic row between the two countries.
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Police have found explosives, detonators and a gun in a cinema in Russia&#39;s second city St Petersburg which was closed for renovation, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday.