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Published 11/03/2009 by Taipei Times Online

British foreign minister visits Russia to thaw ties

POISONOUS ACCUSATION: The wife of Alexander Litvinenko, allegedly killed by a Russian parliamentarian, criticized the trip, saying it was ‘adding insult to injury’

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British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, left, meets Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on Sunday.

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