Britain's New Tough Line With Russia
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London expels four diplomats to protest lack of cooperation in the Litvenenko case. But things aren't as simple as they were during the Cold War
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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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MOSCOW -- Russia said yesterday that it would expel four British diplomats and suspend counterterrorism cooperation with London in the latest step in a confrontation linked to the radiation-poisoning death of a former KGB agent turned Kremlin critic.
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Russia and Britain traded threats and  recrimination on Tuesday as a diplomatic feud over the role of  the British government's cultural arm worsened.
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Plan has prompted the first serious opposition to the Putin government.
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A British cabinet minister acknowledged that relations between Britain and Russia were very difficult after the death of a Russian ex-spy here, as reports emerged that detectives were to fly to Moscow and Rome to continue their inquiry.
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Strains in Britain&#39;s relations with the United States and Europe came under the spotlight ahead of a keynote speech by Foreign Secretary David Miliband on Tuesday.
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Russia's decision to suspend participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe treaty is a potent political signal, writes BBC diplomatic correspondent Jonathan Marcus.
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Russia&#39;s foreign ministry will make an announcement at 5:00 pm on Thursday on relations with Britain after London announced the expulsion of four Russian diplomats earlier this week, officials said.
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Russia must decide if it wants positive relations with the West, a Downing Street spokesman said Monday after President Vladimir Putin warned of a new Cold War-style arms race.
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President Vladimir Putin took a war of words with London to new heights Tuesday, angrily dismissing British demands for the extradition of the sole suspect in the murder of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko as a relic of British "colonial thinking."
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Russia said on Friday it hoped to restore normal relations with Britain following tit-for-tat expulsions of diplomats this week, but business leaders said commercial ties could suffer.
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Britain is considering expelling Russian diplomats from London over Russia&#39;s refusal to extradite a man suspected of killing Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko in London last year, British newspapers said on Thursday.
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MOSCOW, Jan. 16 -- Escalating a diplomatic dispute with Britain, Russian security agents called in Russian employees of the British Council for questioning Wednesday and police briefly detained the Briton who heads the cultural organization's St. Petersburg office.
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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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Britain on Monday made an official request to Russia to extradite the man suspected of killing ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko with radioactive polonium-210, deepening a rift between the former Cold War foes.
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Prime minister-in-waiting Gordon Brown should tone down Britain&#39;s approach in its diplomatic row with Russia over the poisoning of former spy Alexander Litvinenko, Russia&#39;s ambassador to London said in an interview published Wednesday.