Russia has offered Iran its latest Antey-2500 missiles, the head of Russian state defense conglomerate Rostec said on Monday according to media reports, after a deal to supply less powerful S-300 missiles was dropped under Western pressure.

• Date: 23.02.2015  |  Published on EGF: 23.02.2015  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

The United States and its allies are discussing imposing more sanctions against Russia for undermining a European-brokered truce in eastern Ukraine, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday.

• Date: 21.02.2015  |  Published on EGF: 21.02.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

A Russian court on Tuesday ended house arrest terms for Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and upheld a suspended three-and-a-half-year prison term for the protest leader in a theft case he says is politically motivated.

• Date: 17.02.2015  |  Published on EGF: 17.02.2015  |  Markets  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

The European Union delayed putting more Ukrainian separatists and Russians on its sanctions list on Monday to give a Franco-German peace plan for Ukraine time to work.

• Date: 09.02.2015  |  Published on EGF: 09.02.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Germany's Angela Merkel warned on Saturday that sending arms to help Ukraine fight pro-Russian separatists would not solve the crisis there, drawing a sharp rebuke from a leading U.S. senator who accused Berlin of turning its back on an ally in distress.

• Date: 07.02.2015  |  Published on EGF: 07.02.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Rosneft is raising money from Swiss trader Trafigura days before it must repay a $7 billion debt, industry sources said, seeking new funding options after the Russian central bank said its borrowing via the domestic bond market had added to pressure on the struggling rouble.

• Date: 04.02.2015  |  Published on EGF: 04.02.2015  |  Energy  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

BP said it would deepen capital investment cuts this year to adapt to lower oil prices after a surprise contribution from its stake in Russia's firm Rosneft helped it to beat quarterly profit forecasts.

• Date: 03.02.2015  |  Published on EGF: 03.02.2015  |  Energy  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

The EU has prepared a draft statement for the foreign ministers of its 28 members to agree to extend sanctions against Russia by six months, add new people to the sanctions list and prepare new measures.

• Date: 28.01.2015  |  Published on EGF: 28.01.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/