The Russian government, the expert community in Moscow and the national economic elite are actively discussing the economic future of the nation and possible drastic financial policy changes as the economy slumps into potentially long-term stagflation, which may fundamentally destabilize the regime.

• Date: 05.04.2013  |  Published on EGF: 05.04.2013  |  External Relations  |  from jamestown.org

Ukraine has not received concrete complaints from Russia concerning gas supplies from Europe, Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Eduard Stavytsky has said.

• Date: 05.04.2013  |  Published on EGF: 05.04.2013  |  Energy  |  from interfax.com.ua

Authorities in the Russian city of St. Petersburg have investigated the operations of the international Catholic charity group Caritas.

• Date: 04.04.2013  |  Published on EGF: 04.04.2013  |  External Relations  |  from rferl.org

Azerbaijan responded to Iran's note of protest, spokesman for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Elman Abdullayev told Trend today.

• Date: 04.04.2013  |  Published on EGF: 04.04.2013  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

Azerbaijan may sign a readmission agreement with the European Union (EU), Deputy Chief of the State Migration Service (SMS) Parviz Musayev said at the presentation ceremony of the project entitled 'Support for the creation of effective readmission management in the South Caucasus' by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in Baku.

• Date: 04.04.2013  |  Published on EGF: 04.04.2013  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

Israel offered Turkey to build a gas pipeline through its territory to export its gas to world markets, the Sabah newspaper reported with reference to a source in the Turkish government on Wednesday.

• Date: 03.04.2013  |  Published on EGF: 03.04.2013  |  Energy  |  from trend.az

Russia on Wednesday said it was worried by the "explosive" North Korea situation, saying even a simple human error could cause the crisis to spiral out of control.

• Date: 03.04.2013  |  Published on EGF: 03.04.2013  |  External Relations  |  from yahoo.com

Latvian President Andris Berzins announced during a joint press conference with visiting Turkish President Abdullah Gul today that Latvia fully supports Turkey's accession to the European Union and sees opportunities for both countries to jointly cooperate in establishing relations with the Eastern Partnership countries and the Central Asian countries

• Date: 02.04.2013  |  Published on EGF: 02.04.2013  |  External Relations  |  from baltic-course.com