Russia upbeat on measure to impose Iran sanctions
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Russia voiced optimism on Monday that a new European U.N. draft resolution on Iran's nuclear ambitions could be adopted soon, perhaps even by Christmas as the West wants.
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Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov  praised a revised draft U.N. Security Council resolution on  Iran, which Britain and France plan to introduce on Monday.
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Russia said Friday it regrets Iran's decision not to halt uranium enrichment by a U.N. deadline, underscoring the growing impatience of one of Tehran's key allies on the Security Council.
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Russia's foreign minister said on  Tuesday a draft United Nations Security Council resolution on  Iran over its nuclear program had largely met Moscow's concerns  and could become the basis of a consensus decision.
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Russia opposes new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program at this time because it would undermine a study by the U.N. atomic watchdog of Iran's activities, Russian news agencies said on Thursday.
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Russia's foreign minister is due to hold talks with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran on Tuesday, less than a week after Moscow criticized new U.S. sanctions against the Islamic state over its nuclear work.
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Russia's foreign minister made clear ahead of high-level talks Friday on Iran's nuclear program that Moscow wants to see a U.N. agency report on Tehran's past suspicious nuclear work before considering new sanctions.
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MOSCOW -- Russia signaled sharp dissatisfaction yesterday with Iran's defiant stance on nuclear issues, declaring that the start-up of a Russian-built nuclear reactor will be delayed and warning that Moscow will not join Tehran "in anti-American games."
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Russia's foreign minister said on Tuesday a new draft United Nations Security Council resolution on Iran over its nuclear program largely met Moscow's concerns and could become the basis of a consensus decision.
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Russia urges Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment programme in order to avoid sanctions from the UN Security Council.
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Russia will continue its nuclear energy cooperation with Iran, a senior Russian official said Thursday, despite international concern that Tehran might be trying to develop atomic weapons.
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MOSCOW A senior Russian official says his country is going to continue its nuclear energy cooperation with Iran in spite of concern that Tehran could be trying to develop atomic weapons.
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POTSDAM, Germany  - World powers, including Russia, threatened "further appropriate measures" on Wednesday if Iran failed to comply with U.N. resolutions demanding that it suspend nuclear enrichment.
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The U.N. Security Council is in no rush to pressure Iran over its suspect nuclear program, Russia said Wednesday, striking a more conciliatory tone than the United States as diplomats began discussing a resolution to put legal muscle behind demands that Tehran suspend uranium enrichment.
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Russia plays down reports a draft UN resolution on Iran's nuclear programme calls for new sanctions.
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Russian officials said that the sanctions Moscow has imposed on Georgia will remain indefinitely.
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Russia said Wednesday a new draft U.N. resolution on Iran's disputed nuclear program does not call for any harsh sanctions, and the Iranian president said new measures would not deter the country in its pursuit of nuclear technology.