North Korea 'crisis gone too far' says UN's Ban Ki-moon
UN chief Ban Ki-moon has said the North Korea "crisis has gone too far" after Pyongyang announced plans to restart its main Yongbyon nuclear complex.
Ukraine moving away from Russian gas
Russian natural gas supplies to Ukraine are down more than 20 percent for the first two months of the year compared to 2012, the government said.
The best red line for a nuclear Iran
Optimism and progress are words seldom associated with diplomatic encounters involving Iran.
Cyprus crisis: Moscow will not bail out Russian savers
The Russian government says it will not compensate Russian savers who have lost money in the Cyprus banking crisis.
Ukraine looks to Poland for more gas
Ukraine's natural gas shipper said that April marks the start of a break from Russia as more supplies start coming in from nearby Poland.
Iran Denies Involvement Nagorno-Karabakh Broadcasts
The Iranian Embassy in Baku says Tehran has nothing to do with a new radio station broadcasting in the Talysh language from Azerbaijan's breakaway territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Russia warns against military activity near North Korea
Russia said on Friday that heightened military activity near North Korea was slipping into a "vicious cycle" that could get out of control, implicitly criticizing U.S. bomber flights that followed threats from Pyongyang.
Russia and China to agree gas price via Eastern route in June
Russia's gas giant Gazprom expects to reach an agreement on the price of gas to be supplied to China via the eastern route in June, and sign a deal by the end of this year, Gazprom chairman Viktor Zubkov said in the full version of a TV interview with Rossiya 24 broadcast on Wednesday.
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