British Council draws Russian rebuke
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UK ambassador summoned after council reopens St Petersburg office in defiance of closure order
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James Rodgers considers whether the Russia-UK spat signifies a deeper Russian suspicion of foreigners.
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Russia is ready to normalise relations with Britain amid a mounting diplomatic row, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in Berlin, according to Russian news agency reports Friday.
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The British Council says it is concerned for the safety of its staff after grillings by Russian security services.
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British officials chose unusually sharp language to protest Moscowâs refusal to extradite the man accused of murdering a former KGB agent.
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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.
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Britain rejected Russian allegations on Friday that it was politicizing the case of murdered Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko.
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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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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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A British government minister on Sunday condemned "murky murders" clouding President Vladimir Putin's Russia as media reports said police would go to Moscow and Rome to probe the radiation death of an ex-KGB spy.
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Russia tells the British Council to suspend the work of its two offices outside Moscow by the start of 2008.
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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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A British cultural organization reopened offices in two Russian cities Monday in defiance of an order to close, reportedly prompting Russian authorities to summon the British ambassador to the Foreign Ministry
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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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The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned Britain's ambassador Monday, after the British Council defied orders by reopening its offices.
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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 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.