Nabucco Gas Pipeline International GmbH plans to supply the natural-gas transmission route to Europe with links to Turkey’s borders with Georgia and Iraq and has decided against a link to the country’s border with Iran.

• Date: 24.08.2010  |  Published on EGF: 24.08.2010  |  Energy  |  from businessweek.com

As Iran began fuelling its first nuclear power plant in the southern city of Bushehr, remarks by the Russian state nuclear energy company Rosatom's chief Sergei Kiriyenko that it was a "big international project" continued to puzzle political observers.

• Date: 24.08.2010  |  Published on EGF: 24.08.2010  |  Energy  |  from globalresearch.ca

A new election law that protects the ruling elite is undemocratic and raises fresh doubts about Ukraine's suitability to join the EU

• Date: 23.08.2010  |  Published on EGF: 23.08.2010  |  External Relations  |  from guardian.co.uk

Russia will load fuel into Iran's first nuclear power plant next week despite U.S. demands to prevent Iran obtaining nuclear energy until the country proves that it's not pursuing a weapons capacity.

• Date: 23.08.2010  |  Published on EGF: 23.08.2010  |  Energy  |  from washingtonpost.com

The internal political events during the past week focused on the forthcoming visit of Russian President and informal summit of CIS leaders. The oncoming visit of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to Armenia suggests positive development of Armenian-Russian cooperation, stated Eduard Sharmazanov, secretary of the Republican Party of Armenia.

• Date: 21.08.2010  |  Published on EGF: 21.08.2010  |  External Relations  |  from panarmenian.net

Russia extended its lease on Friday on a military base in the former Soviet republic of Armenia until 2044, strengthening its presence in the South Caucasus energy transit region.

• Date: 20.08.2010  |  Published on EGF: 20.08.2010  |  External Relations  |  from Yahoo! news

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday that the Bushehr nuclear power plant construction in Iran promotes the non-proliferation regime.

• Date: 19.08.2010  |  Published on EGF: 19.08.2010  |  Energy  |  from China Economic Net

Twenty years after the last Russian soldier walked out of Afghanistan, Moscow is gingerly pushing its way back into the country with business deals and diplomacy, and promises of closer ties to come.

• Date: 19.08.2010  |  Published on EGF: 19.08.2010  |  External Relations  |  from nytimes.com