Russia says UK 'distorts facts'
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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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Some recent disputes that have worsened tensions between Russia and Britain:
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Threats by Russia to take further action against the British Council "can only make matters worse", the foreign secretary says.
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Russia lashed out at Britain on Friday after an independent TV channel there aired an interview with Chechen rebel warlord Shamil Basayev, saying the broadcast amounted to terrorist propaganda and calling for an investigation.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin ( news - web sites ) on Thursday accused the United States and the European Union ( news - web sites ) of employing "double standards" in disputing the results of last month's ...
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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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British minister criticizes Russia's Vladimir Putin as police probe ex-spy's poisoning death LONDON, Nov.Comment
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LONDON, Nov. 26 -- A British cabinet minister on Sunday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of "huge attacks on individual liberty and on democracy" as British officials investigated the mysterious poisoning death of a former Russian spy.
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A British minister on Sunday condemned "murky murders" clouding President Vladimir Putin's Russia and media reports said police would go to Moscow and Rome to probe the radiation death in London of a former KGB spy.
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Russia complained on Wednesday about a "long delay" in the British response to its request to send investigators to London for inquiries into the poisoning of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko.
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Russia launches a spying case over claims by the man the UK accuses of killing ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko.
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Britain is using the case of murdered Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko in a political campaign that is harming ties with Moscow, Russia's foreign minister said on Friday.
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MOSCOW -- Russia's foreign minister warned yesterday that continued suggestions of Kremlin involvement in the death of a former KGB agent could damage relations with Britain, which sent police to Moscow to expand the investigation into the London poisoning.
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Russia's foreign intelligence service issued a sharply worded denial on Wednesday of involvement in the poisoning of a fierce Kremlin critic and former spy who fell seriously ill in Britain, the Interfax news agency reported.
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The spy row leaves business relations between Russian and the UK slightly shaken, but definitely not stirred, says the BBC's Alexander Koliandre.
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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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Russia and Britain traded threats and recrimination on Tuesday as a diplomatic feud over the role of the British government's cultural arm worsened.