British Agency Defies Russia
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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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Ex-MI6 officer defies UK government on blog. Sacked spy Richard Tomlinson has defied the UK's secret services by posting the first chapter of his spy novel online.â¦
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A UK foreign minister insists that Britain does not want its diplomatic dispute with Russia to go "any wider".
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A nuclear storage site funded by the British government opens in the Russian port of Murmansk.
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Small traces of a radioactive substance are found at the British embassy in Moscow, it has been reported.
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British agency has switched all production over to new style of passport, beating the U.S. visa waiver deadline.
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The ex-KGB agent wanted over Alexander Litvinenko's murder says the British secret service tried to recruit him.
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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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The Foreign Office confirmed Saturday that a team of British officials had arrived in Addis Ababa as a manhunt was stepped up for those behind the kidnapping of a group of Westerners.
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The UK defends itself against claims by Interpol's head that Britain is failing to check a database of stolen passports.
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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.
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Russia&#39;s Federal Security Service opened  a criminal espionage investigation on Friday into accusations  that murdered ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko and a  self-exiled Russian tycoon in London were both British spies.
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Britain voiced optimism Friday that a Russian art show can go ahead after scrambling to prevent Russia cancelling the exhibition, in the latest diplomatic tussle between London and Moscow.
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British prosecutors rule Russian oligarch did not try to foment armed ouster of Vladimir Putin.
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The spy row leaves business relations between Russian and the UK slightly shaken, but definitely not stirred, says the BBC's Alexander Koliandre.
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Prime Minister defies Eurosceptic press as Britain moves towards greater European integration.
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Britain on Tuesday defied a Russian order to close the regional offices of its cultural arm from New Year's day, but there was no evidence of Russian attempts to forcibly close British Council centers.