Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on Tuesday welcomes Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev for energy talks after Kiev opened a rift with the EU by jailing ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
The two leaders are scheduled to meet in the Ukrainian leader's industrial power base of Donetsk for a summit on regional cooperation but energy is expected to top the agenda.

• Date: 18.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 18.10.2011  |  Energy  |  from rnw.nl

An International Monetary Fund official says the Belarusian government must show a firm commitment to stability and reforms in order to qualify for IMF loans.

• Date: 17.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 17.10.2011  |  External Relations  |  from moneywatch.bnet.com

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has written a letter to Ukraine’s president warning that bilateral relations – now dominated by free-trade talks – could be damaged by the “political” prosecution of opposition politician Yulia Tymoshenko.

• Date: 15.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 15.10.2011  |  External Relations  |  from theglobeandmail.com

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin agreed Friday to enhance energy cooperation between the two countries, sharing the view that bilateral economic ties have been deepening recently, the Foreign Ministry said.

• Date: 15.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 15.10.2011  |  Energy  |  from mdn.mainichi.jp

Cooperation in the oil and gas sector constitutes a major part of China-Russia economic relations, but it is not everything. While strengthening their energy cooperation, Chinese and Russian economic managers are now exploring new fields to diversify their economic ties and optimize the trade structure.

• Date: 14.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 14.10.2011  |  Energy  |  from futures.tradingcharts.com

Vladimir Putin this week made probably his last trip to China as Russian prime minister (he will likely be president next year), signing no fewer than 16 new accords on bilateral cooperation, including US$7 billion in new investment agreements.

• Date: 13.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 13.10.2011  |  External Relations  |  from allvoices.com/

Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said on Wednesday that he expected a "just and acceptable" compromise to be worked out with Russia soon over the price of Russian gas.

• Date: 12.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 12.10.2011  |  Energy  |  from in.reuters.com/

Russia and Belarus signed a contract Tuesday on the construction of the first nuclear power plant in Belarus, local media reported.

• Date: 12.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 12.10.2011  |  Energy  |  from xinhuanet.com