German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone that Sunday's planned elections in eastern Ukraine were illegitimate and would not be recognized by European leaders, a Berlin government spokesman said on Friday.

• Date: 31.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 31.10.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Moscow may limit food shipments from Belarus and Ukraine to Kazakhstan across Russian territory because of attempts to sell banned imports in Russia, the head of Russia's veterinary and phytosanitary service (VPSS) was quoted as saying on Thursday.

• Date: 30.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 30.10.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Ukraine's efforts to unblock deliveries of Russian gas as winter sets in were deadlocked on Thursday as Moscow's negotiators were quoted demanding firmer commitments from the European Union to cover Kiev's pre-payments for energy.

• Date: 30.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 30.10.2014  |  Energy  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Ukraine and Russia begin new gas crisis talks on Wednesday, but wrangling over Ukraine's upfront cash payments threatens to push a deal out of reach, even as temperatures have fallen below zero in Kiev.

• Date: 29.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 29.10.2014  |  Energy  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

parliamentary election in Ukraine offers a chance for peace in the country's east, a deputy Russian foreign minister said on Monday but warned that "nationalists" in the chamber could undermine the process.

• Date: 27.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 27.10.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Pro-Western parties will dominate Ukraine's parliament after an election handed President Petro Poroshenko a mandate to end a separatist conflict and steer the country further out of Russia's orbit into Europe's mainstream.

• Date: 27.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 27.10.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Russia poses no direct military threat to the European Union but its intervention in Ukraine is a type of 'hybrid warfare' the bloc should fight using coordinated energy policy and media to counter "massive propaganda", Denmark's foreign minister said on Monday.

• Date: 27.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 27.10.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

China's fight against deeply ingrained corruption will never end, the top official in charge of tackling graft said before a meeting intended to clean up business in the world's second-largest economy.

• Date: 25.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 25.10.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/