Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has ruled out a military strike against Iran, saying it would have catastrophic consequences for the whole region, from the Caucasus to the Middle East, and has called for increased dialogue to resolve disagreements over Iran’s nuclear program.

• Date: 01.05.2010  |  Published on EGF: 01.05.2010  |  External Relations  |  from todayszaman.com

Belarussian leader Alexander Lukashenko warned citizens Tuesday to be on guard against Kyrgyz-style turmoil, suggesting outside forces were bent on pushing him from power as a 2011 presidential election approaches.

• Date: 29.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 29.04.2010  |  Security  |  from reuters.com

Russia publishes once-secret files about the 1940 Katyn massacre of Poles, amid a warming in Polish-Russian relations.

• Date: 28.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 28.04.2010  |  External Relations  |  from bbc.co.uk

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin proposed creating a nuclear power holding company with Ukraine as the two former Soviet republics rebuild ties.

• Date: 28.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 28.04.2010  |  Energy  |  from businessweek.com

MOSCOW -- Ukraine's new president signed a deal Wednesday that allows Russia's Black Sea Fleet to stay in the country another 25 years, moving to ease a long-standing and giving Moscow its second foreign policy victory in the former Soviet Union this

• Date: 23.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 23.04.2010  |  External Relations  |  from washingtonpost.com

Russia must play a central role in plans for a missile defence system in Europe, Nato's top official will tell a meeting of alliance foreign ministers this week.

• Date: 19.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 19.04.2010  |  External Relations  |  from guardian.co.uk

The presidents of the USA and Ukraine, Barack Obama and Viktor Yanukovich, discussed on Monday issues of energy security and cooperation in that sphere.

• Date: 15.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 15.04.2010  |  External Relations  |  from itar-tass.com

Initiative to hold a global nuclear security summit in Washington "was absolutely timely" and the summit itself was "crowned with a complete success," Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Tuesday in a speech at the Brookings Institute on the results of the summit that had brought together the leaders of 47 countries, the UN, the International Atomic Energy Agency, and the European Union.

• Date: 14.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 14.04.2010  |  Security  |  from itar-tass.com