Russia casts doubt on London art show
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Russia said Thursday it would not send paintings to London for a major exhibit unless the British government takes further steps to ensure legal protection for the works.
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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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Tussle between Britain and Russia over London-based billionaire tycoon Boris Berezovsky takes a new twist.
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ST PETERSBURG, Russia  - Artist and photographer Ivan Ushkov takes dark pictures that set out to puncture the glossy image of Russia that the country's leaders try to project.
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The Russian government has accused the UK of attempting to "distort facts" in the British Council row.
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The British government's cultural arm,  caught in a political row between London and Moscow, said on  Thursday its Russian regional offices had halted work because  local staff were being interviewed by Russia's security  service.
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Russian authorities say a cancelled London exhibition of major Russian and French artworks should now go ahead.
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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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A Royal Academy exhibition of French and Russian paintings could be cancelled by Russian authorities.
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Russia's foreign ministry on Friday said Britain was to blame for a diplomatic crisis over the closure of two British cultural centres and had tried to "twist the facts."
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Britain may have only two weeks to save a major Russian art exhbition in London from being cancelled, a representative of Moscow's Tretyakov Gallery said Sunday, Interfax news agency reported.
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A British cultural organization at the center of a dispute between the Kremlin and Britain closed its office in St. Petersburg under pressure from Russiaâs intelligence service.
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Russia will permit paintings from its museums to go to London for a major exhibition after British legislation protecting art from seizure in lawsuits comes into force, the government culture agency said Friday.
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The Royal Academy of Arts in London announced on Wednesday that it had received official approval from Russia for the loan of its art for the exhibition âFrench and Russian Master Paintings 1870-1925 From Moscow and St. Petersburg.â The show is scheduled to run from Jan. 26 through April 18. Russia had cast the show in doubt while seeking assurances that none of the 120 paintings would be seized to satisfy possible claims that they had been confiscated by the state after the 1917 revolution.
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Russia said on Tuesday it was preparing a &quot;targeted&quot; response &quot;very soon&quot; in a diplomatic dispute with Britain, putting off an expected announcement of counter-measures against London.
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A Russian art exhibition will be one step closer to opening in London when a law to protect the works comes into force.
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Prices for Russian works of art set a  series of new records at auctions in London this week as rich  Russians flexed their financial muscles.