Medvedev launches Nord Stream build
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev today launched the construction of the Nord Stream gas pipeline aimed at winning market share in Europe while bypassing Ukraine, where strained relations have caused supply disruptions in the past.
EU Commissioner Sees Russia As Energy Partner For Decades
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES MOSCOW -(Dow Jones)- Russia will remain the European Union's main energy partner for decades, the newly appointed European Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said Thursday, an indication that the bloc's policy of significantly
Kyrgyzstan: Did Moscow Subvert a U.S. Central Asian Ally?
Members of the besieged government of Kyrgyzstan suspect that Moscow precipitated the violent upheaval that has swept the former Soviet republic in Central Asia.
Opinion: Putin's visit to Katyn is itself an historic event
On Wednesday, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk met to remember the massacre at Katyn 70 years ago. DW's Bartosz Dudek calls this a milestone for Russian-Polish relations.
US and Russia to sign arms deal
The US and Russian presidents prepare to sign a landmark nuclear arms treaty in the Czech capital, Prague.
Construction begins on Nord Stream fuel pipeline
The European Union gets much of its natural gas from Russia. This week, workers began building the first part of a 1,220-kilometer pipeline stretching under the Baltic Sea between Russia and Germany.
Turkish auto industry looking at Russian opportunities
Turkey’s two main automobile associations met Tuesday with Russian auto companies, agreeing to increase cooperation.
Russia 'may sell $5 billion of weapons to Venezuela'
The Russian prime minister met Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Caracas on Friday to discuss oil, defence and nuclear energy cooperation, although no new no arms agreements were signed
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