Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and President Dmitri A. Medvedev of Russia began two days of talks Friday outside Berlin, with Russia asking Germany, and German companies, to help with modernization.

• Date: 07.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 07.06.2010  |  External Relations  |  from nytimes.com

NATO soldiers marching in Red Square on V-E Day; Moscow agreeing on a compromise resolution of the 40-year-old sea-boundary dispute with Norway; the sight of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin kneeling at the memorial to the Polish officers murdered by Josef Stalin at Katyn: These are a few glimpses of what a European newspaper described as a kinder, gentler Russia. But three questions immediately arise: Is this real? Why the change? And how to respond to Russia's new foreign policy?

• Date: 03.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 03.06.2010  |  External Relations  |  from japantimes.co.jp

A year ago, the Kremlin issued a stark warning: that growing competition for control of global energy resources could spark wars on Russia's borders, including those in Central Asia.

• Date: 03.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 03.06.2010  |  External Relations  |  from bbc.co.uk

Russia and the Ukraine got an agreement on nuclear fuel supply for the local atomic plants this year.

• Date: 02.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 02.06.2010  |  Energy  |  from prensa-latina.cu

European Union President Herman Van Rompuy said at a summit with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev today that the bloc is seriously concerned about the situation in Russia for human rights activists and journalists.

• Date: 02.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 02.06.2010  |  External Relations  |  from Radio Free Europe

Since this winter's presidential election, in which pro-Russian Victor Yanukovich emerged the victor, Ukraine has experienced a massive turnaround.

• Date: 01.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 01.06.2010  |  External Relations  |  from washingtontimes.com

The head of Russia’s Gazprom on Friday concluded in talks with Ukraine’s energy minister that Gazprom and Ukraine’s state-run energy company Naftogaz Ukrainy, could move toward creating a joint venture on a parity basis.

• Date: 01.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 01.06.2010  |  Energy  |  from hurriyetdailynews.com

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov dismisses Iranian criticism that Russia is susceptible to Western influence and says Tehran has obstinately refused to address concerns about its nuclear program.

• Date: 29.05.2010  |  Published on EGF: 29.05.2010  |  External Relations  |  from latimes.com