Russia axes London art exhibition
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Russian authorities cancel a London exhibition of paintings because Britain failed to guarantee the art would be returned.
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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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Russia has expelled four British diplomats, days after Britain expelled four Russian diplomats in a row over Moscow's refusal to hand over a suspect in the poisoning death of an ex-KGB spy.
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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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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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Moscow cancels a London exhibition of paintings saying Britain had failed to guarantee the art would be returned.
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Britain said Monday it will expel four Russian diplomats to protest Moscow&#39;s refusal to extradite a key suspect over the murder of ex-Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko, in a major escalation of the row.
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Russia said Thursday that Britain had failed to provide sufficient protection from private legal claims for a major exhibition of paintings owned by Russian museums, and that it wouldn't loan the works until it received further guarantees.
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Moscow on Thursday cancelled a much-awaited exhibition of precious paintings in London, saying Britain had failed to guarantee the works' safe return, as a diplomatic row between the two countries spilled into the art world.
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The government scrambled Thursday to persuade Russia not to cancel a major exhibition in London, promising to fast-track legislation to reassure Moscow of the safe return of its art works.
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The Royal Academy in London unveiled Tuesday the controversial art exhibition "From Russia", which almost never happened due to diplomatic wrangling between London and Moscow.
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Russia tells the British Council to suspend the work of its two offices outside Moscow by the start of 2008.
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Russian authorities have canceled a major exhibition of French and Russian paintings set to open in London in January, fearing authorities could seize the art to settle private legal claims
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Russia is expelling four British diplomats in retaliation for a similar move by Britain, news agencies reported Thursday, as the dispute between Moscow and London over the case of poisoned KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko escalated.
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Russia expelled four British diplomats on Thursday in a row over a high-profile murder inquiry as President Vladimir Putin played down the spat with London as a &quot;mini-crisis&quot; that would be overcome.
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Britain ordered the expulsion of four Russian diplomats on Monday over Moscow's refusal to hand over the main suspect in the murder of ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko, further escalating tension between Russia and the West.
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The Kremlin attacks the UK's decision to expel four Russian diplomats as "groundless, inappropriate, unjustified".