Russia raps NK 'talks pull-out'
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Russia criticises North Korea over its nuclear weapons claim and its decision to pull out of six-party talks.
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North Korea has hinted at breaking off  talks with Japan over the fate of Japanese citizens abducted  decades ago, saying Pyongyang no longer sees significance in  maintaining contact, Kyodo news agency said on Friday.
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Russia has curtly told the United States to stay out of its business after US criticism, echoed by the European Union, of President Vladimir Putin&#39;s plans for radical change that will boost Kremlin power.
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Russia has suspended its participation  in a key pact limiting conventional forces in Europe through a  decree signed by President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin said in  a statement on Saturday.
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Russia began pulling out some of its   diplomats and their families from Georgia on Friday as the   small ex-Soviet state pressed spying charges against a group of   Russian army officers.
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North Korea declared on Thursday for the  first time that it possessed nuclear weapons and said it was  suspending participation in six-way talks on dismantling its  nuclear programs for an indefinite period.
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Russia criticized the United States on Wednesday for its willingness to hold talks with Chechens agitating for independence and suggested the issue could harm bilateral relations.
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North Korea declared on Thursday for the  first time it possessed nuclear weapons and pulled out  indefinitely from six-party talks on its atomic ambitions,  saying it needed a defense against a hostile United States.
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Russia curtly told the United States to  stay out of its business on Wednesday after U.S. criticism,  echoed by the European Union, of President Vladimir Putin's  plans for radical change that will boost Kremlin power.
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The exchange of diplomatic pleasantries during today's summit in Moscow between the Russian and Polish presidents was interrupted by a discussion on the Polish media's coverage of the Beslan hostage crisis.
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Russia is optimistic about six-party  talks which convene next week in Beijing with the aim of  persuading North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons, its  envoy to the talks said on Friday.
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Russia said Saturday that it has suspended plans for further withdrawal of its troops from Georgia amid worsening relations between the two neighbors.
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Russia said on Friday it was likely to  postpone talks in Tehran over the construction of a nuclear  power station, a project that has been caught up in an  international standoff over Iran&#39;s nuclear ambitions.
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Moscow is &quot;holding direct talks with the leaders of North Korea&quot; to try to prevent Pyongyang carrying out a test of a nuclear weapon, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said.
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Pyongyang says it is suspending participation in talks over its nuclear programme "indefinitely".
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North Korea said on Saturday it will  never return to talks on ending its nuclear weapons programs  under a U.S. crackdown on firms suspected of aiding Pyongyang's  counterfeiting and other illicit activities.
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Russia accuses UK of seeking confrontation over Litvinenko case, but stops short of immediate tit-for-tat expulsion of diplomats.