EU Seeks Caspian Gas Accord to Cut Russian Dependence
The European Union is seeking an agreement on a natural-gas pipeline between Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan as the 27-nation bloc aims to import Caspian fuel and reduce its dependence on Russia.
Poland and Lithuania discuss gas pipeline
The European Union could fund a portion of a natural gas pipeline discussed by Polish and Lithuanian officials, a gas company said.
Russia Pushes Back Chemical Weapons Deadline
Russia's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday the country will push back its deadline for destroying chemical weapons stockpiles by as much as three years due to budget and technical problems.
Putin Sang Songs While Russia Burned
Since the first wildfires started a month ago, 125,000 hectares of Russia’s forest have been destroyed in 17 regions, and 40 people have died.
EU Seeks Turkmen, Azeri Gas Accord to Reduce Russian Dependence
The European Union is seeking an agreement on a natural-gas pipeline between Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan as the 27-nation bloc aims to import Caspian fuel and reduce its dependence on Russia.
Moscow wrong to write off Western Ukraine as inevitably anti-Russian
Russian officials are making a costly and two-fold mistake in viewing Ukraine as a country permanently divided between a virulently nationalistic and Russophobic West and a Russian-speaking and pro-Moscow East, according to a senior analyst at the Moscow Institute of CIS Countries
Ukraine to plug $2 billion budget gap with IMF loan
Ukraine will use $2 billion out of its new $15 billion IMF facility to finance its budget deficit this year and will stick to tight fiscal targets imposed by the deal
Russia Unveils Privatization Plan as Largest US Investor Divests
Russia has announced the largest privatization program since the post-communist sales of the early 1990s.
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