UK Says Russia Harassing Its Officials
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"Obviously we take that very seriously indeed. ... Any intimidation or harassment of officials is obviously completely unacceptable."  A British cultural organization accused Russian authorities on Wednesday of harassing its staff and said it had temporarily closed its offices in St. Petersburg.The British Council, which acts as the cultural arm of the British Embassy, said the director of its St. Petersburg office was followed and stopped by Russian law enforcement authorities and that intelligence agency officials had interviewed its Russian employees.British Foreign Secretary David Miliband described the Russian actions as an attack on the council. Britain's Foreign Office said Russia's ambassador to London was summoned for talks with British officials. Read more
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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 ambassador to Moscow Anthony Brenton, who has been harassed by a youth group supported by the Kremlin over the past four months, linked the two parties and said that Russia could stop the group if it wanted to, The Daily Telegraph reported.
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The British Council says it is concerned for the safety of its staff after grillings by Russian security services.
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Britain has condemned Russia's refusal to extradite Andrei Lugovoi over the Litvinenko murder.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin accuses Britain of having a "colonial mindset" over an extradition row.
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Russia said on Tuesday it was preparing a &quot;targeted&quot; response &quot;very soon&quot; in a diplomatic dispute with Britain, putting off an expected announcement of counter-measures against London.
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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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Russia said Thursday it was expelling four British diplomats in retaliation for a similar move by Britain, as a confrontation mounted between Moscow and London over the murder of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko.
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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&#39;s refusal to extradite a  murder suspect escalated.
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The Kremlin warns Britain it faces "serious consequences" after expelling four Russian diplomats from the UK.
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Russia launches a spying case over claims by the man the UK accuses of killing ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko.
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A British minister on Sunday condemned "murky murders" clouding President Vladimir Putin's Russia and media reports said police would go to Moscow and Rome to probe the radiation death in London of a former KGB spy.
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Russian authorities charge a man with spying for Britain - the latest step in an espionage row between the two countries.
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Europe's top human rights watchdog slammed Russian authorities Wednesday over their arrest of leading Yukos oil executives, saying their detention was nothing but an attempt to silence opposition.
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The British Council says it is very concerned for the safety of its staff after grillings by Russian security services.
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Threats by Russia to take further action against the British Council "can only make matters worse", the foreign secretary says.