With the price of oil climbing to more than $100 a barrel, Russia has a little more weight to throw around on the world stage, and it is doing just that.

• Date: 11.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 11.03.2011  |  Energy  |  from washingtonpost.com

Vice President Biden told Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Wednesday that he had been around Washington so long he actually knew Sen. Henry Jackson and Rep. Charles Vanik, authors of a 1974 trade restriction law that is still an irritant in U.S.-Russian relations. It is high time to get rid of it, he said.

• Date: 10.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 10.03.2011  |  External Relations  |  from washingtonpost.com

Russia's oil giant Lukoil intends to develop wind and solar power plants in Bulgaria and Romania, Vasily Zubakin, deputy head of the company's main energy division, said as quoted by news agency Ria Novosti.

• Date: 09.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 09.03.2011  |  Energy  |  from sofiaecho.com

Vladimir Putin headed the Russian delegation and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso headed the EU delegation. The agenda of the visit of the Russian delegation included three issues: Russia’s accession to the WTO; the EU-Russia energy trade; and the free visa regime for Russians traveling to the EU.

• Date: 07.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 07.03.2011  |  Energy  |  from stopcartel.net

Kyrgyzstan represents investment interest for Russia, press-service of Kyrgyz Parliament quoted the Russian State Duma Chairman Boris Gryzlov, reporting on the meeting of Speaker Akhmatbek Keldibekov with his counterpart in Moscow

• Date: 03.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 03.03.2011  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

Belarus has not yet answered questions regarding the nuclear power plant's environmental impact, states the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania.

• Date: 03.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 03.03.2011  |  Energy  |  from baltic-course.com

Ukraine, the former Soviet Union state in Eastern Europe, is keen to share its expertise in nuclear power plant technology with Malaysia as part of efforts to enhance bilateral trade and investment linkages.

• Date: 01.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 01.03.2011  |  Energy  |  from bernama.com

Up to a dozen militants have staged a daring attack on the capital of a southern Russian republic popular with downhill skiers and budget tourists

• Date: 28.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 28.02.2011  |  Security  |  from abc.net.au