| July 2007 |
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Russia's president said he is convinced that Russia and the U.K. will overcome the current crisis in their relations, which took a turn for the worse Thursday when Russia expelled four British diplomats in a reciprocal move. 
Russia's foreign minister warned Thursday against isolating Hamas, and said the international community should respect the Islamic group as a parliamentary majority party. 
The risks of an accidental nuclear war have increased since the Cold War as Russia's early warning capability has deteriorated, a former U.S. defense official said. 
Vladimir Zhirinovsky, an outspoken nationalist lawmaker, warned the United Kingdom that losing Russia as a counter-terrorism partner, due to the diplomatic fight it has picked with Moscow, compromises British security. 
Four British diplomats are to be expelled from Russia in a move mirroring the U.K.'s expulsion of Russian diplomats over Moscow's refusal to extradite a murder suspect, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday. 
Ukraine has temporarily banned transportation of yellow phosphorus through the country until the cause of a recent toxic spill from a train is established, the transport minister said Thursday. 
Four British diplomats are to be expelled from Russia in a move mirroring the U.K.'s expulsion of Russian diplomats over Moscow's refusal to extradite a murder suspect, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday. 
British Ambassador to Russia Anthony Brenton has arrived at the Foreign Ministry to discuss an ongoing extradition row that escalated earlier in the week with the U.K.'s expulsions of four Russian diplomats. 
A source in Russia's Defense Ministry warned Thursday that countries that host missile defense systems are not improving their own security, but are putting themselves and their neighbors at risk. 



