Russia calls off major UK art loan
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Moscow calls off planned show of art masterpieces at Royal Academy in London as relations chill
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Russia pledged on Friday to ignore a US court ban on the looming auction of oil giant Yukos&#39; key production unit, while a consortium of Western banks reportedly put on hold billions of dollars in credit for the state-run Russian gas company that was
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Arts & entertainment: Royal Academy in London struggling to save  exhibition after Russia withdraws loans of paintings
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Russia's president pulls out of a key Cold War arms treaty limiting the number of heavy weapons in Europe.
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An exhibition featuring artist Banksy has been cancelled amid fears that works could be stolen.
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STOCKHOLM-The last major work of renowned Russian painter Ilya Repin will be auctioned off in Sweden in December, after being tucked away in a private collection for 50 years.
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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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Russian authorities have brushed aside a US court ruling seeking to halt the sale of the core asset of the embattled Yukos Oil company.
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The head of Russia's natural resources ministry announced that foreign companies would be barred from bidding in auctions for large mineral deposits in 2005.
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Russia's decision to temporarily close regional offices of the British Council cultural body is "totally unacceptable," Prime Minister Gordon Brown said as he urged Moscow to reverse the move.
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Russia's foreign minister charged Friday that Britain had been deliberately worsening relations between the two countries, prompting Moscow to shut the regional offices of a major British non-governmental organization.
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The EU Commission crisis prompts Russia to postpone this week's talks with EU leaders.
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Big-name arts organisations spared but smaller groups suffer in embarrassing funding climbdown
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The credit rating of the Russian oil group Yukos was cut to default by Standard &amp; Poor&#39;s yesterday, after it missed an interest payment on a $1bn (Â£520m) loan.
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Britain's envoy to Russia warned Saturday that plans to shut British cultural offices could hamper EU-Russia ties, but said London would not block talks on a new bilateral pact because of the dispute.
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Russian foreign ministry to expel four British diplomats in the latest round of the ongoing diplomatic dispute with the UK.
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LONDON/MOSCOW  - Britain accused Russia of "conduct not worthy of a great country" on Thursday after what it called a campaign of intimidation by security services forced its cultural centers in two Russian cities to halt operations.