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UK condemns Russian moves against culture body

Posted: Tuesday, January 15, 2008, 13:05 (GMT)
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LONDON - Russian plans to impose visa restrictions on staff working for the British government's cultural arm can only worsen a diplomatic row between London and Moscow, Britain said on Tuesday.

"Such threats can only make matters worse," Foreign Secretary David Miliband said in a statement. "It is not in the interests of either the UK or Russia for flourishing cultural, educational and scientific links to be held hostage to unrelated issues in this way."



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