Oktober 13, 2010

Photostream : Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague in first visit to Russia


Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (R) shakes hands with Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague as they meet at the Gorki presidential residence outside Moscow, October 13, 2010. Britain and Russia said on Wednesday they hoped for a thaw in frosty relations after years of disputes over the murder of a Kremlin critic in London with a rare radioactive isotope. ( Getty Images/ REUTERS/RIA Novosti/Kremlin/Mikhail Klimentyev )

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (R) meets with Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague at the Gorki presidential residence outside Moscow October 13, 2010. Britain and Russia said on Wednesday they hoped for a thaw in frosty relations after years of disputes over the murder of a Kremlin critic in London with a rare radioactive isotope. ( REUTERS/RIA Novosti/Kremlin/Mikhail Klimentyev )

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (L) and British Foreign Secretary William Hague arrive for a meeting in Moscow on October 13, 2010. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov hosts British Foreign Secretary William Hague on a rare visit after saying it was up to Britain to take the initiative and help bring about a thaw in relations. (Getty Images/ AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER NEMENOV)

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L) shows the way to Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague as they meet in Moscow October 13, 2010. ( REUTERS/Alexander Natruskin )

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right listens to Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague during a joint press conference after their meeting in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. Anglo-Russian relations have been tense amid controversy over issues including the fatal poisoning of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2006 and the enforced exile of executives in British oil company BP PLC's Russian joint venture. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)