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Moscow rejects Miliband call for extradition

02.11.09
Russia rebuffs fresh appeal to extradite the suspected killer of former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko... more

Attorney General bans book by former Yard anti-terror chief

02.07.09
The publication of a book by former top counter-terrorism officer Andy Hayman has been blocked by the Attorney General... more

Greens are London's biggest winners as Labour plunges to fifth in suburbs

08.06.09
Labour suffered a humiliating rout in the European elections as it was pushed into fifth places in dozens of areas around Britain - although it clung on to second in London... more

Highgate’s famous residents

01.05.09
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West End firms draw up plans to ensure show will go on in pandemic

01.05.09
West End theatres, restaurants and shops could close early in the event of a swine flu pandemic, it was revealed... more

Medvedev: Links to West will thaw, just like spring

30.03.09
Russian President Dmitri Medvedev has declared a "spring-like" thaw in relations with Britain and the West as he prepares to arrive in London for the G20 summit... more

MI5 is keeping a closer watch on Russian spies

05.03.09
MI5 has increased its surveillance of suspected Russian spies following the murder of Alexander Litvinenko in London... more

Miliband: Russia's president is more liberal than Putin

02.03.09
David Miliband has seized on reports that Russian president Dmitri Medvedev may be pushing for a more liberal agenda than Vladimir Putin... more

Poison spy's family allowed home in radiation all-clear

05.11.08
The family of a Russian spy fatally poisoned in London have been allowed to return to their home in Haringey - two years on from his murder - after it was declared free from radiation... more

Veteran KGB spy revealed as Deripaska's right-hand man

29.10.08
An ex-KGB spymaster is the right-hand man of Lord Mandelson's controversial Russian friend Oleg Deripaska, the Evening Standard can reveal... more

Comment: BP and a case of Russian bullying

29.07.08
BP has turned in strong second-quarter results which will inevitably prompt cries of profiteering, even though most of the gains do not come from selling petrol at the pump... more

Spy chief in poison mystery

04.07.08
Britain's leading spy is fighting for his life after he mysteriously fell into a coma... more

Russians' ring of steel and a snub from Putin

21.05.08
A ring of steel was thrown up around Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium ahead of the Champions League final... more

NHS centre that advises on poisons is to close

18.04.08
A leading NHS poisons unit which plays a crucial role in emergency planning for possible terrorist attacks on London is to close... more

The dead billionaire and the 'KGB poison killer'

14.02.08
What killed Badri Patarkatsishvili? As the police scour his home for clues and a pathologist conducts a post-mortem examination, conspiracy theorists will point to the company he kept on the day he died.... more

Tycoons bringing explosive politics to London

13.02.08
Badri Patarkatsishvili is just one of a string of former Soviet Union exiles who have made London their home and refuge... more

Oligarch who lived in fear found dead

13.02.08
A billionaire who lived in fear of assassination has been found dead at his Surrey home... more

Did a secret spy sting lead to assassination?

13.02.08
A few hours before he died, Badri Patarkatsishvili stood on a pavement in Old Broad Street flanked by Boris Berezovsky, Yuli Dubov and Nikolai Glushkov, men who could fairly be described as the Three Musketeers of Russia's opposition in exile... more

'I want people to see what violence does'

26.10.07
Director David Cronenberg is not apologising for the extreme brutality in his controversial Russian-gangster film Eastern Promises.... more

Bolshoi is saved by Boris and the Russian billionaires

31.07.07
The new money of Russia that has helped transform the finances of the Bolshoi Ballet was out in force to celebrate the opening of their 51st season in London.... more

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