Russia Expels 4 British Diplomats
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MOSCOW, July 19-- Russia expelled four British diplomats on Thursday, retaliating in-kind just days after officials in London kicked four Russians out of the country in protest over the progress of a murder investigation.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov  said on Monday the Litvinenko affair was damaging ties with  Britain, which sent detectives to Moscow as part of the  investigation into the ex-KGB spy's death by poisoning.
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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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The Russian government expels four British diplomats, in the continuing Alexander Litvinenko murder row.
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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's expulsion of four Russian diplomats because Moscow refused to extradite a man suspected of murdering ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko was politically motivated, a senior Russian prosecutor said on Monday.
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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 promised on Tuesday an &quot;adequate  and appropriate&quot; response very soon to Britain&#39;s expulsion of  four of its diplomats but said it would avoid jeopardizing the  interests of ordinary citizens or businessmen.
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Russia says it wants to restore normal ties with the UK after tit-for-tat expulsions of diplomats.
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Britain ordered the expulsion of four Russian diplomats on Monday over Moscow's refusal to hand over the main suspect in the murder of ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko, escalating tension between Russia and the West.
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Russia was set to respond on Tuesday to Britain's decision to expel four of its diplomats in a row over the murder of a Russian emigre amid signs Moscow did not want the affair to rebound on booming economic ties.
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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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Britain has declared diplomatic war on  Russia by expelling four envoys from London and failing to  respect Moscow&#39;s constitutional ban on extradition, Russian  newspapers said on Tuesday.
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Georgia on Monday released four Russian officers whose arrest on spying charges prompted Moscow to announce sweeping travel and communications sanctions in the worst bilateral crisis in years.
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MOSCOW, Dec. 12 -- Russia on Wednesday ordered the closure of two offices of the British Council, the international cultural arm of the British government. The council responded that it has "no plans" to shutter the offices.
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LONDON, July 16 -- Britain will expel four Russian diplomats in response to Moscow's refusal to hand over for trial the Russian businessman accused of murdering Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko in London last year, the British government announced Monday.