Russia said its ally Syria would soon ship more chemical weapons abroad for destruction after being accused of dragging its feet, while activists said civilians in Aleppo were fleeing deadly barrel bomb raids by President Bashar al-Assad's air force.

• Date: 05.02.2014  |  Published on EGF: 05.02.2014  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Russia said its ally Syria would soon ship more chemical weapons abroad for destruction after being accused of dragging its feet, while activists said civilians in Aleppo were fleeing deadly barrel bomb raids by President Bashar al-Assad's air force.

• Date: 04.02.2014  |  Published on EGF: 04.02.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Ukrainian opposition leaders are due to meet President Viktor Yanukovych, a day after the first deaths in the protests that have gripped Kiev for two months.

• Date: 23.01.2014  |  Published on EGF: 23.01.2014  |  Security  |  from http://www.bbc.co.uk/

Ukraine's prime minister denounced anti-government protesters as "terrorists" on Wednesday, but in what appeared to be his first real move to end weeks of unrest President Viktor Yanukovich held talks with opposition leaders.

• Date: 22.01.2014  |  Published on EGF: 22.01.2014  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov urged European governments on Tuesday not to interfere in Ukraine's political crisis and expressed concern that events in Kiev could be spinning out of control.

• Date: 21.01.2014  |  Published on EGF: 21.01.2014  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Less than a month before the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russian investigators appealed to civilians on Tuesday to be more vigilant and help avert the threat of "terrorist" attacks.

• Date: 14.01.2014  |  Published on EGF: 14.01.2014  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

President Vladimir Putin has eased curbs on demonstrations in the Winter Olympics venue of Sochi in a gesture likely to burnish Russia's image ahead of an event dogged by security and human rights worries.

• Date: 04.01.2014  |  Published on EGF: 04.01.2014  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

A bomb ripped apart a bus in Volgograd on Monday, killing 14 people in the second deadly attack blamed on suicide bombers in the southern Russian city in 24 hours and raising fears of Islamist attacks on the Winter Olympics.

• Date: 30.12.2013  |  Published on EGF: 30.12.2013  |  Security  |  from http://www.rferl.org/