Russia says refuses to see spy row as political
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Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Thursday said Russia refused to regard the London murder of a former Russian spy as a political matter and was treating it like a criminal case.
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Russian prosecutors have officially refused Britain's request to extradite a businessman accused in last year's fatal poisoning of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko, a Russian news agency reported Thursday.
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Russia's Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by a scientist sentenced to 15 years in jail for spying for the West, Interfax news agency reported.
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Russia rejects US criticism of plans to strengthen central government control in the wake of the Beslan siege.
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Russia on Wednesday curtly rejected U.S. criticism of sweeping political changes proposed by President Vladimir Putin, telling Washington to stay out of its business.
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Russia said on Saturday it had no plans  to stage a major build-up of forces following its decision to  freeze its compliance with the Conventional Forces in Europe  (CFE) treaty.
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MOSCOW, May 23 -- A senior Russian government minister Wednesday blithely dismissed any possibility of a deterioration in relations with London because of Britain's demand that a former KGB agent be extradited to stand trial for the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, the exiled Kremlin critic who was...
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Tension between Russia and Britain escalated Monday as both sides accused the other of refusing to cooperate in the investigation into the killing of Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko in London.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates  on Sunday dismissed an attack on U.S. foreign policy by Russian  President Vladimir Putin as the blunt talk of an old spy and  said it was vital to keep working with Moscow.
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Russia's chief prosecutor ruled out on Tuesday any extraditions to Britain over the poisoning in London of Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko but said he would help British police in their inquiries in Moscow.
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Russia's chief prosecutor on Tuesday ruled out any extraditions to Britain over the poisoning to death in London of Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko but said he would help British police in their inquiries in Moscow.
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Russia laid down strict ground rules to visiting British counter-terrorism police probing the poisoning of former spy Alexander Litvinenko, and ruled out the extradition of any suspects.
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Russia's Prosecutor General says any possible Russian suspects in the spy poisoning case would not be extradited to Britain.
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Russia announced on Monday it will not issue new entry visas to staff working in the British government's cultural offices in two regions, sharpening a row that has soured already-poor relations.
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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 is refusing to provide witnesses or information to the independent investigation into alleged corruption in the multibillion-dollar U.N. oil-for-food program in Iraq, an official close to the investigation said Wednesday.
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Russia dismissed accusations that Russian firms abused the U.N. oil-for-food program imposed on Iraq, saying on Wednesday that there was no proof of wrongdoing by Russian companies.