Miliband says Russia holding British Council 'hostage'
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Foreign Secretary David Miliband accused Russia Tuesday of holding the British Council "hostage" as part of unrelated diplomatic tensions.
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Britain is using the murder of Alexander Litvinenko to start a "political campaign", Russia's foreign minister says.
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British Council offices will defy a Russian order for them to close, the UK embassy says.
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The British Council suspended operations at its Saint Petersburg office Wednesday as London condemned the questioning and detention by Russian secret police of employees at the cultural body.
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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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Britain has condemned Russia's refusal to extradite Andrei Lugovoi over the Litvinenko murder.
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Russia's decision to temporarily close regional offices of the British Council cultural body is "totally unacceptable," Prime Minister Gordon Brown said as he urged Moscow to reverse the move.
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Britain accused Russia of "reprehensible" conduct Thursday and announced it was closing offices of the British Council because of a Russian secret police crackdown against the cultural body.
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LONDON -- The European Union threw its weight behind Britain yesterday in a dispute with Russia over its refusal to extradite a man suspected of killing a former KGB agent in London last year.
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Russia summoned the British ambassador and imposed sanctions Monday after the British Council defied a government ban to close two offices, heightening diplomatic tensions between the two countries.
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Foreign Secretary David Miliband secretary pledged in an interview published Monday that the country would deal with Russia&#39;s refusal to extradite the man suspected of having killed Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian spy and Kremlin critic, with &quot;seriousness&quot;.
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President Vladimir Putin took a war of words with London to new heights Tuesday, angrily dismissing British demands for the extradition of the sole suspect in the murder of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko as a relic of British "colonial thinking."
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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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President Vladimir Putin's likely successor suggested in an interview published Monday that the British Council and foreign NGOs spy on Russia, echoing accusations that have strained ties between Moscow and the West Â in particular Britain.
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Two disputed offices of the British Council are likely to remain closed amid ongoing UK-Russia tensions.
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Britain said on Monday it was expelling four Russian diplomats over Moscow's refusal to extradite the main suspect in the murder of Alexander Litvinenko.
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The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned Britain's ambassador Monday, after the British Council defied orders by reopening its offices.