Russia expels British diplomats in tit-for-tat row
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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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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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Britain will expel four Russian diplomats over the Kremlin's refusal to extradite the key suspect in the murder of a former KGB agent fatally poisoned in London, the foreign secretary said Monday.
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Russia said it would deliver a response today to Britainâs decision to expel four of its diplomats, amid signs that it will not allow the diplomatic row to affect booming economic ties.
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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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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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Russia will expel a Latvian diplomat, the Foreign Ministry said Friday in apparent retaliation for Latvia's expulsion of a Russian diplomat this week.
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Russia is expelling four British diplomats in retaliation for a similar move by Britain, news agencies reported Thursday, as the dispute between Moscow and London over the case of poisoned KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko escalated.
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LONDON -- Prime Minister Gordon Brown's new government ordered the expulsion of four Russian diplomats yesterday over the Kremlin's refusal to extradite the key suspect in the fatal poisoning of a former KGB spy -- Britain's first use of the sanction in more than 10 years.
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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 accuses UK of seeking confrontation over Litvinenko case, but stops short of immediate tit-for-tat expulsion of diplomats.
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Britain said Monday it will expel four Russian diplomats over Moscow&#39;s refusal to extradite a key suspect in the murder of ex agent Alexander Litvinenko, raising the spectre of a Cold War-style standoff.
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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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Russiaâs foreign minister pointed an accusing finger at Britain today for exercising double standards by granting asylum to Chechen separatists.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown's new government ordered the expulsion of four Russian diplomats Monday over the Kremlin's refusal to extradite the key suspect in the fatal poisoning of a former KGB officer &#151; Britain's first use of the sanction in more than 10 years.
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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 expelled four British diplomats Thursday in an escalating conflict, but President Vladimir Putin sought to calm what he called a "mini-crisis" over his refusal to extradite a suspect in the murder of a Kremlin critic in London.