Russia warns UK over expulsions
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The Kremlin warns Britain it faces "serious consequences" after expelling four Russian diplomats from the UK.
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Moscow warned Western nations on Tuesday against interfering in Ukraine and other ex-Soviet republics and Washington and the European Union
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Britain's foreign secretary on Thursday accused Russian authorities of "blatant intimidation" of staff at a British cultural body caught up in a diplomatic feud between Moscow and London, saying Russia's behavior evoked memories of the Cold War.
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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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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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MOSCOW, July 19 -- Russia expelled four British diplomats on Thursday, retaliating three days after officials in London ordered four Russians out of the country in a dispute over a murder investigation.
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The Russian Foreign Ministry on Monday said it was putting "legal pressure" on the British Council, including visa sanctions, after the council reopened two regional offices in defiance of a Russian ban.
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Russia warned Britain on Thursday that reopening two offices of a British cultural organization would inflame already tense relations between the countries.
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Britain is to expel four Russian diplomats in protest over Moscow's refusal to extradite a key suspect in the poisoning of a former KGB agent.
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Russia must decide if it wants positive relations with the West, a Downing Street spokesman said Monday after President Vladimir Putin warned of a new Cold War-style arms race.
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Russia promised on Tuesday an "adequate and appropriate" response very soon to Britain's expulsion of four of its diplomats but said it did not want ordinary citizens or businessmen to suffer.
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Russia&#39;s foreign ministry will make an announcement at 5:00 pm on Thursday on relations with Britain after London announced the expulsion of four Russian diplomats earlier this week, officials said.
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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.
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The British ambassador to Moscow Anthony Brenton, who has been harassed by a youth group supported by the Kremlin over the past four months, linked the two parties and said that Russia could stop the group if it wanted to, The Daily Telegraph reported.
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Britain said on Monday it would expel four diplomats from the Russian embassy in London and suspend visa negotiations in retaliation for Moscow's refusal to extradite a suspect in the murder of Alexander Litvinenko.
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"Obviously we take that very seriously indeed. ... Any intimidation or harassment of officials is obviously completely unacceptable."  A British cultural organization accused Russian authorities on Wednesday of harassing its staff and said it had temporarily closed its offices in St. Petersburg.The British Council, which acts as the cultural arm of the British Embassy, said the director of its St. Petersburg office was followed and stopped by Russian law enforcement authorities and that intelligence agency officials had interviewed its Russian employees.British Foreign Secretary David Miliband described the Russian actions as an attack on the council. Britain's Foreign Office said Russia's ambassador to London was summoned for talks with British officials. Read more
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The Russian government has accused the UK of attempting to "distort facts" in the British Council row.