Russia and Germany pledged to strengthen economic ties on Thursday as Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called Europe's largest economy Moscow's "key partner" for the future.

• Date: 16.07.2010  |  Published on EGF: 16.07.2010  |  External Relations  |  from arabnews.com

Russian companies are ready to supply fuel to energy-hungry Iran, despite unilateral US and EU sanctions targeting Tehran's oil and gas sectors, the Russian energy minister said on Wednesday.

• Date: 15.07.2010  |  Published on EGF: 15.07.2010  |  Energy  |  from spacedaily.com

Russia and Georgia may have severed diplomatic ties as a result of the armed conflict over South Ossetia in 2008, but when it comes to business dealings the two sides often choose a more pragmatic approach.

• Date: 14.07.2010  |  Published on EGF: 15.07.2010  |  External Relations  |  from bbc.co.uk

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle will attend Russian-German interstate consultations in Russia's Urals on Wednesday and Thursday and then visit Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, German Foreign Ministry spokesman Andreas Peschke has said.

• Date: 14.07.2010  |  Published on EGF: 15.07.2010  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko recently announced he will run for re-election for third time, when he is expected to attempt to extend his 16-year autocratic presidency through a rigged vote. The election may happen as early as this fall.

• Date: 14.07.2010  |  Published on EGF: 14.07.2010  |  External Relations  |  from kyivpost.com

The Russian -Iranian relationship lies very much in the development of international issues elsewhere in the world. At the moment, Russia and Iran have a mutual need to maintain their relationship and to play up its importance in order to protect the territorial status and exertinfluence with other neighbouring states.

• Date: 14.07.2010  |  Published on EGF: 14.07.2010  |  External Relations  |  from americanchronicle.com

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Monday Iran was gaining the ability to build a nuclear bomb, the strongest criticism of Iran's nuclear program to emerge from the Kremlin under either Medvedev or his predecessor, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

• Date: 13.07.2010  |  Published on EGF: 13.07.2010  |  External Relations  |  from chinadaily.com.cn

Russian gas behemoth Gazprom is trying to get German power company RWE to join the South Stream gas pipeline project, a press report said on Monday, raising the stakes for a rival European programme.

• Date: 13.07.2010  |  Published on EGF: 13.07.2010  |  Energy  |  from busrep.co.za