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07/18/2007: "Russia probes UK air defense with nuclear weapons"

British media reported earlier Wednesday that RAF fighters were scrambled to intercept Russian Tu-95 Bear bombers that had taken off from an airbase on the Kola Peninsula, in Russia's north, and were flying in the direction of the U.K.

"Reports that Russian bombers were flying towards British airspace are untrue. The long-range aircraft were on a scheduled mission over international waters," Col. Alexander Drobyshevsky quoted Col.-Gen. Alexander Zelin, Air Force commander, as saying.

The U.K. decided to expel four Russian diplomats and suspend visa facilitation talks with Moscow after Russia refused to extradite Andrei Lugovoi, the U.K.'s key suspect in the Alexander Litvinenko murder case, citing Russia's Constitution that does not permit the extradition of Russian nationals.

[ Gosh, Hitler would've prevented this problem, if the English hadn't been too stupid to let him. Russia is in the hands of demagogues and charlatans, and has been for 80+ years, and so represents a threat to all of Europe. But did Europe listen? ]

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070718/69179730.html