The Ukrainian president has dissolved the commission which was to work towards NATO membership. It's the latest move to abandon the pro-western stance of the 'Orange Revolution' and re-establish ties with Russia.

• Date: 06.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 06.04.2010  |  External Relations  |  from Deutsche Welle

Russia still hopes for a diplomatic solution to the standoff over Iran's nuclear programme, a deputy foreign minister said Monday, as the West steps up pressure for new sanctions against

• Date: 06.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 06.04.2010  |  Security  |  from Yahoo! news

An increase in incidents where Russian warplanes have infiltrated the sovereign airspace of EU and NATO countries is causing concern among European defense chiefs. Experts believe the Russian bear is flexing its muscles.

• Date: 05.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 05.04.2010  |  Security  |  from Deutsche Welle

Aviation could prove a fresh field for diplomatic conflict between Georgia and Russia after an announcement by the de facto government of breakaway Abkhazia that it plans to reopen an Abkhaz airport with Moscow’s assistance. Georgian officials tell EurasiaNet.org that they expect the European Union to help Tbilisi block such assistance -- an expectation that the EU has not confirmed.

• Date: 02.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 02.04.2010  |  External Relations  |  from eurasianet.org

<font size="3"><font face="Arial">These nations now find themselves competing against Soviet nuclear power science.</font></font>

• Date: 02.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 02.04.2010  |  Energy  |  from russiaprofile.org

After Russia's second series of suicide bombings this week, President Medvedev paid a visit to Dagestan, where new reports link bombings there to those in Moscow.

• Date: 02.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 02.04.2010  |  Security  |  from Deutsche Welle

United States President Barack Obama is about to pull off his biggest foreign policy achievement thus far as a perfect twin to the historic healthcare reform bill passed this week.

• Date: 31.03.2010  |  Published on EGF: 31.03.2010  |  External Relations  |  from atimes.com

When two bombs ripped through Moscow subway stations at rush hour on Monday morning, Russia’s leaders reached for the kind of hunt-them-down-and-kill-them statements that propelled the country through two brutal wars in the Caucasus.

• Date: 31.03.2010  |  Published on EGF: 31.03.2010  |  External Relations  |  from nytimes.com