Russian leader Vladimir Putin met his Iranian counterpart Tuesday and implicitly warned the U.S. not to use a former Soviet republic to stage an attack on Iran. He also said nations shouldn't pursue oil pipeline projects in the area if they weren't backed by regional powers.

• Date: 07.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 07.11.2010  |  External Relations  |  from cbsnews.com

Formal approval of long-discussed reform of the International Monetary Fund increases the weight of Brazil, Russia, India and China on the executive board

• Date: 07.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 07.11.2010  |  External Relations  |  from earthtimes.org

President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in Vietnam Saturday for a visit that will see Russia sign a multi-billion-euro nuclear power plant deal with the former Soviet-era Communist ally.

• Date: 04.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 04.11.2010  |  Energy  |  from nuclearpowerdaily.com

Russia was implementing over 120 joint projects and contracts worth around 1 billion U.S. dollars in Turkmenistan, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov Tuesday said on Tuesday.

• Date: 03.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 03.11.2010  |  Energy  |  from People's Daily

In course of 2010 in Ukraine the development rate of alternative energy industry has significantly increased due to investments from NAER, credits provided by IFC and EBRD, ratification of an agreement between Ukraine and NEFCO and, finally, the adoption of law “About the green tariff.”

• Date: 02.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 02.11.2010  |  Energy  |  from theopenpress.com

Turkmenistan denied on 28 October Moscow’s statements that Russian gas monopoly Gazprom could take part in a trans-Afghan gas pipeline and that Moscow and Ashgabat had agreed to freeze the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline.

• Date: 01.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 01.11.2010  |  Energy  |  from neurope.eu

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will sign agreements to help build Vietnam`s first nuclear power plant and a hydroelectric power station during a visit to the Soviet-era ally starting on Saturday, Kremlin sources said.

• Date: 30.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 30.10.2010  |  Energy  |  from antaranews.com

Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev on Thursday has ended his official visit to Ukraine.

• Date: 29.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 29.10.2010  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az