- 21:18 23/01/2008
- 15:18 23/01/2008
The Russian foreign minister on Wednesday rejected European Union presidency holder Slovenia's assessment of the dispute surrounding the British Council in Russia.
- 14:45 21/01/2008
The U.K. Foreign Office has confirmed that it will not take any diplomatic measures in retaliation for the closure of two British Council offices in Russia.
- 18:47 18/01/2008
Stephen Kinnock, director of the British Council in St. Petersburg and son of ex-U.K. Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock, will not be charged over alleged traffic violations, a police source said on Friday.
- 13:27 18/01/2008
The British Council's office in St. Petersburg has frozen its projects for the next three weeks amid pressure from Russian authorities over alleged tax arrears, a spokesman said on Friday.
- 18:21 17/01/2008
The British Council's chief executive accused Russian authorities on Thursday of conducting a "campaign of intimidation" against staff at the organization's regional offices.
- 16:18 17/01/2008
The British Council's chief executive accused Russian authorities on Thursday of conducting a "campaign of intimidation" against staff at the organization's regional offices.
- 12:59 17/01/2008
The British Council's office in the Russian Urals city of Yekaterinburg suspended work on Thursday, a day after the St. Petersburg office closed amid growing tensions between Moscow and London.
- 17:26 15/01/2008
"Such threats can only make matters worse," Foreign Secretary David Miliband said in the statement. "It is not in the interests of either the U.K. or Russia for flourishing cultural, educational and scientific links to be held hostage to unrelated issues in this way."
- 15:05 15/01/2008
The U.K. Foreign Office said Moscow's actions against the British Council, whose regional offices Russia wants closed for alleged tax violations, could further harm bilateral relations.
- 16:50 14/01/2008
Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Monday that the British Council's decision to keep two of its regional offices open in defiance of a closure order was an act of provocation.
- 15:46 14/01/2008
Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Monday the British Council's decision to keep two of its regional offices open in defiance of a closure order was a provocative act.
- 19:20 09/01/2008
The British Council office in Yekaterinburg resumed its activities after the New Year holidays on Wednesday, despite a Russian Foreign Ministry statement that it had closed down its regional branches.
- 15:47 29/12/2007
The Bush administration hopes that the U.K.'s cultural arm, the British Council, will continue its activities in Russia, a State Department spokesman said.
- 12:29 29/12/2007
The Bush administration hopes that the U.K.'s cultural arm, the British Council, will continue its activities in Russia, a State Department spokesman said.
- 22:11 21/12/2007
A crisis in Russia-U.K. relations was the cause of the closure of the British Council's regional offices in Russia from January 1, 2008, Russia's ambassador to London, Yury Fedotov, said on Friday.
- 17:49 14/12/2007
The Russian foreign minister accused Britain on Friday of violating international law in the latest row over the British Council in Russia.
- 21:56 12/12/2007
Russia has officially demanded that the British Council close its Yekaterinburg and St. Petersburg offices from January 1, 2008 over legal status violations.
- 13:19 12/12/2007
The British Council has been ordered to close all its Russian offices outside Moscow from the start of next year over tax and legal status violations, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
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