Russia outlines UK talks demands
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Talks on re-opening British Council offices cannot start until visa and terror rows are settled, says Russia's UK ambassador.
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BARI, Italy  - Italy and Russia said on Wednesday they wanted talks between Moscow and the European Union on a new strategic partnership agreement to start as soon as possible.
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A Kremlin aide on Thursday renewed Russian pledges to help Britain investigate the death of a former KGB spy in London after British police found traces of radiation on two aircraft that had flown from Moscow.
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The Russian government has accused the UK of attempting to "distort facts" in the British Council row.
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Tensions between Britain and Russia have been aggravated by the poisoning death of a former Russian spy in London &#151; an issue that could strain sensitive negotiations on issues as diverse as energy, NATO expansion, and the nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea.
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Russia said Thursday it would expel four British diplomats 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.
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Russia's plan to close regional offices  of the British government's cultural arm is totally  unacceptable, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Thursday,  demanding Moscow reverse its decision.
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Tony Blair promises a "frank discussion" with Vladimir Putin over the Russian leader's nuclear missile threats.
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MOSCOW, May 23 -- A senior Russian government minister Wednesday blithely dismissed any possibility of a deterioration in relations with London because of Britain's demand that a former KGB agent be extradited to stand trial for the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, the exiled Kremlin critic who was...
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Russia is planning &quot;appropriate&quot; measures in response to Britain&#39;s announcement of the expulsion of four Russian diplomats from London, a foreign ministry said in a statement Tuesday.
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The European Union and Russia urged Ukraine leaders Thursday to find a nonviolent solution to the election standoff gripping the former Soviet republic.
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The European Union Wednesday weighed into a flaring diplomatic dispute between Britain and Russia by criticising Moscow for failing to cooperate with a probe into the murder of a former agent in London.
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NATO called for closer ties with Russia  on Friday, a day after British warplanes scrambled to intercept  Russian bombers on patrol, and said it was up to the Kremlin to  spell out whether it had a &quot;different view.&quot;
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Russia on Monday requested an emergency conference to discuss an arms control pact after accusing NATO nations of ignoring the deal negotiated in the months after the Cold War ended.
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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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Top U.S. and Russian security officials  sought to strike a more conciliatory tone in talks on Thursday  after months of growing tensions between Washington and Moscow.
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Russia is in talks with Venezuela to license rifle manufacture, Russia's state arms exporter confirms.