Iran sanctions must exclude force: Russia
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Any economic sanctions adopted   against Iran over its nuclear program must rule out the use of   force, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on   Wednesday.
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Russia urges Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment programme in order to avoid sanctions from the UN Security Council.
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Russia signaled Thursday that it would support a proposal to hold off imposing U.N. sanctions on Iran if Tehran suspends uranium enrichment.
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Iran must comply with demands from UN nuclear inspectors seeking to verify that Tehran is not trying to develop nuclear weapons, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday.
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Russia is against reporting Iran to the United Nations Security Council for what the United States and some other countries say are breaches of U.N. nuclear rules, a top Kremlin official was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
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MOSCOW -- Russia signaled sharp dissatisfaction yesterday with Iran's defiant stance on nuclear issues, declaring that the start-up of a Russian-built nuclear reactor will be delayed and warning that Moscow will not join Tehran "in anti-American games."
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov  reiterated on Thursday that his country opposed sanctions  against Iran over its nuclear program ahead of a meeting of  major powers in London this week.
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Russia is unexpectedly opposing key parts of a U.S.-backed Security Council draft resolution on Iran's nuclear program, threatening international unity on how to handle Tehran's defiance, U.N. diplomats said Saturday.
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Despite optimism of a U.N. Security Council vote this week on Iran's nuclear program, Russia still voiced objections on Tuesday to a draft European resolution imposing sanctions on Tehran.
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Russia's foreign minister cast new doubt   on whether the U.N. Security Council can reach a quick   consensus on punitive measures against Iran over its nuclear   program when he called sanctions a "dead end" on Friday.
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Russia has indicated it will not allow  the United States to use a radar station in Azerbaijan for  missile defense against Iran, an Iranian foreign ministry  spokesman was quoted by the IRNA news agency as saying on  Sunday.
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Iran said on Friday that a nuclear   standoff with the West could only be settled through   negotiation while Russia called imposing punitive sanctions on   Tehran for not ending sensitive atomic work a dead end.
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MOSCOW - Russia said yesterday that it would oppose tougher sanctions on Iran for the time being and accused the United States and the European Union of undermining efforts to resolve diplomatically the crisis over Tehran's nuclear program.
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President Vladimir Putin warned Georgia not to provoke or blackmail Russia on Wednesday as Moscow ignored international appeals to drop economic sanctions against its southern neighbor.
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Germany said on Wednesday Iran could not   be allowed to harm the United Nations by pursuing its nuclear   programme, but Russia said using force against Iran must be   ruled out and also questioned the need for sanctions.
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Russia has no plans to sell its advanced  S-300 anti-aircraft missile system to Iran, a Russian  government agency said on Friday.
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The United States slapped new sanctions on Iran and accused its Revolutionary Guard of spreading weapons of mass destruction on Thursday, actions Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized as forcing Tehran into a corner over its nuclear program.