The flags of Russia, Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists flutter over a water tower building on one of the few stretches of the frontline in eastern Ukraine where peace has broken out.

• Date: 05.12.2014  |  Published on EGF: 05.12.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov criticized the West on Friday for what he said were constant attempts to blame Russia for the crisis in east Ukraine and said Moscow was not isolated over the conflict.

• Date: 05.12.2014  |  Published on EGF: 05.12.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

The European Union urged Russia on Friday not to drag the Western Balkans into its deepening rift with the West over Ukraine, reflecting concern that the region risks becoming another point of East-West tension.

• Date: 05.12.2014  |  Published on EGF: 05.12.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has insisted the $40 billion South Stream natural gas pipeline can still go ahead and accused Russia of holding EU-member Bulgaria to ransom when it said it had abandoned the project.

• Date: 04.12.2014  |  Published on EGF: 04.12.2014  |  Energy  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

U.S. and EU leaders will on Wednesday pledge to work together on sanctions and on strengthening the energy security of Europe and Ukraine, as they seek to present a united front to Russia, a draft document said.

• Date: 03.12.2014  |  Published on EGF: 03.12.2014  |  Energy  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will talk to European allies this week about imposing further sanctions on Russia if pro-Moscow separatists in Ukraine do not halt violence, a senior State Department official said on Tuesday.

• Date: 02.12.2014  |  Published on EGF: 02.12.2014  |  Energy  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Russia's Gazprom (GAZP.MM) on Monday cancelled a project to construct the South Stream pipeline to supply gas to southern Europe - an apparent casualty of the dispute between Moscow and the West over Ukraine.

• Date: 01.12.2014  |  Published on EGF: 01.12.2014  |  Energy  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Ukraine said on Sunday that a convoy of 106 vehicles had entered its eastern territory from Russia without Kiev's permission and accused Moscow of once again using humanitarian aid shipments to send weapons and ammunition to separatist rebels.

• Date: 30.11.2014  |  Published on EGF: 30.11.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/