A Russian Foreign Ministry official in Yekaterinburg said Moscow does not recognize British Council missions in Russian cities as cultural departments of the British Embassy -- and therefore they should not be located in consulates.
The demand came amid heightened tensions between Russia and Britain over several issues, including the poisoning death in London of former Russian security official Aleksandr Litvinenko.
(Interfax, AFP)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) with EU foreign policy representative Javier Solana in Sochi in May 2006 (epa)
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