Russia restrict visas for British Council staff
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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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Two disputed offices of the British Council are likely to remain closed amid ongoing UK-Russia tensions.
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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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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 Cold War tactics on Thursday after what it called a campaign of intimidation by security services forced its cultural centers in two Russian cities to halt operations.
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The British Council is suspending its operations in the Russian cities of Saint Petersburg and Yekaterinburg, its chief executive Martin Davidson said in London Thursday.
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LONDON/MOSCOW  - Russian moves to shut down offices of Britain's overseas cultural organization are "reprehensible, not worthy of a great country", British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Thursday.
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The British government's cultural arm, caught in a political row between London and Moscow, said on Thursday its Russian regional offices had halted work because local staff were being interviewed by Russia's security service.
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Politics: 27 November 2004, Saturday. A team of British immigration lawyers is to approach UK Visas and Home Office over irregularities in the spate of business visas refusals to Bulgarians.
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LONDON (Reuters Life!) - British immigration ministers were urged on Wednesday to ease restrictions on Bangladeshi migrant workers in an attempt to help avert a shortage of kitchen staff in the nation's "curry houses".
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The foreign secretary, David Miliband, also said Britain would tighten visa requirements for Russian officials and businesspeople.
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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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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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Russia and Britain locked in standoff over future of British Council after Britain defies to close offices
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Russia expelled four British diplomats on Thursday and suspended cooperation with London on fighting terrorism, as a bitter row over Moscow's refusal to extradite a murder suspect escalated.
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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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Britain's foreign secretary on Thursday accused Russian authorities of "blatant intimidation" of staff at a British cultural body caught up in a diplomatic feud between Moscow and London, saying Russia's behavior evoked memories of the Cold War.