Russia angered by EU request
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Russia has denounced as &quot;blasphemous&quot; a request by the European Union&#39;s Dutch presidency for an explanation for the bloody end to a mass hostage seizure at a school by Chechen gunmen.
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Russia is backsliding on democracy and  the EU must take Moscow to task while bringing other former  Soviet republics closer to the West, the bloc's incoming  External Relations Commissioner said Tuesday.
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Russia is dragging its feet in talks on  joining the World Trade Organization and must get its act  together if it is to accede this year, a European Union  diplomat was quoted on Monday as saying.
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The European Union called on Russia on Tuesday to lift economic sanctions on Georgia or risk deepening the crisis between the ex-Soviet neighbors sparked by a spying row.
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Russia on Friday denounced moves by NATO  to forge closer ties with Georgia, saying any eventual  membership of the Western alliance by the ex-Soviet state would  seriously threaten Russia's interests.
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EU summit urged to agree to independence plan amid fear that Russia would oppose new UN mandate
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Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday he regretted the way Europe's main election watchdog had behaved in a dispute over monitoring a March 2 presidential vote.
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Russia and the United States on Tuesday clashed over efforts to win influence in Ukraine and other former Soviet republics, with Moscow warning the West against interference and Washington rejecting the charge.
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The United States and Russia clashed at a European security forum Tuesday over the election monitoring that exposed fraud in Ukraine's election last month, elevating an increasingly tense debate over democracy in former Soviet republics.
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Georgia threatens to block Russia's membership of the WTO in a dispute over links between the two nations.
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Russia curtly told the United States to  stay out of its business Wednesday after U.S. criticism, echoed  by the European Union, of President Vladimir Putin's plans for  radical change that will boost Kremlin power.
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The rejection sets up a possible showdown between Russia and the West over the disputed territoryâs final status.
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Japan, Britain and the European Union all expressed worries on Tuesday about RussiaÂs actions.
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The European Union has asked Russia to explain the bloody end to the school siege, which resulted in a huge loss of life. In a statement in the name of the presidency of the 25-nation EU, Dutch Foreign Minister
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LONDON -- The European Union threw its weight behind Britain yesterday in a dispute with Russia over its refusal to extradite a man suspected of killing a former KGB agent in London last year.
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TEHRAN, 12 Oct. (IPS) Russia joined Britain, France and Germany, known as the European Unionâs âBig 3â demanding the Islamic Republic to heed the international community for suspending enriching uranium
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Russia is backsliding on democracy and  the EU must take Moscow to task while bringing other former  Soviet republics closer to the West, the bloc's incoming  External Relations Commissioner said on Tuesday.