Russia said Thursday its cash-strapped neighbour Belarus will have to wait at least until next month before it receives a bailout loan to help fill its cash-starved state coffers.

• Date: 20.05.2011  |  Published on EGF: 20.05.2011  |  External Relations  |  from Yahoo! news

Abundance of Natural Gas, Favorable Gas Pricing Help Drive Demand for Gas Turbines --Power Producers Seeking Flexible, Efficient Methods to Meet Electricity Demand --GE Gas Turbines Surpass 300 Million Hours of Operation GE (NYSE: GE) today announced it will supply two advanced technology aeroderivative gas turbines that will help to power the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. The latest in a series of gas turbine orders received by GE in recent months, the project underscores a strong global demand for flexible, cost-effective and efficient electricity generation.

• Date: 18.05.2011  |  Published on EGF: 18.05.2011  |  Energy  |  from cnbc.com

Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said Tuesday that Belarus appeared to have accepted the terms of a $3 billion loan offered by a Russia-led group of former Soviet republics to save the teetering Belarussian economy from a disastrous collapse.

• Date: 18.05.2011  |  Published on EGF: 18.05.2011  |  Markets  |  from themoscowtimes.com

Ukraine will cut the volume of natural gas purchase from Russia in the second half of this year, Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has said.

• Date: 14.05.2011  |  Published on EGF: 14.05.2011  |  Energy  |  from interfax.com.ua

Russia is attempting to suppress a United Nations report that says Iran has been breaking a U.N. arms embargo by shipping weapons to Syria, Western diplomats said Thursday.

• Date: 13.05.2011  |  Published on EGF: 13.05.2011  |  External Relations  |  from msn.com

Approaches of the European Parliament to Belarus are unacceptable and contrary to the principles of good neighborliness, which destabilizes situation in the country, Belarusian Foreign Ministry official said

• Date: 13.05.2011  |  Published on EGF: 13.05.2011  |  External Relations  |  from People's Daily

Russia and Pakistan have agreed to give top priority to their joint fight against terrorism and drug trafficking and to expand economic ties between the two countries.

• Date: 13.05.2011  |  Published on EGF: 13.05.2011  |  External Relations  |  from hindu.com

The second consignment of fuel for Iran's nuclear power plant was delivered from Russia to the southern Iranian city of Bushehr, the local satellite Press TV reported on Wednesday.

• Date: 12.05.2011  |  Published on EGF: 12.05.2011  |  Energy  |  from People's Daily