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EU-Russia relations are seriously hindered by Russia's divide and conquer tactic
Ahead of next week's EU-Russia Summit, where a new partnership and cooperation agreement could be signed, EU members, including Latvia, must understand that Russia is nowhere near fulfilling the obligations it undertook when joining the World Trade Organization (WTO), as well as obligations in other agreements signed between the EU and Russia, European Parliament Member Roberts Zile believes, informs LETA.
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Russia plays along with Sakhalin pipeline project
Russian gas monopoly Gazprom has apparently ruled out building a subsea Sakhalin-Japan natural gas pipeline. That is not preventing continued talks on the ambitious project, which remains a bargaining tool in Russia's gas-price negotiations with China.
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Syria government 'losing control'
A Russian official has said for the first time that the Syrian government may be defeated by opposition forces
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Catching up with the global energy demand
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), global demand for energy will increase more than 33 percent by 2035. And following Germany’s decision to abandon its nuclear industry by 2020, electricity costs will be 1.5 times higher in Europe than the U.S. by 2030.
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India, Ukraine ink defence cooperation agreement
A broad defence cooperation agreement was among five pacts signed following delegation-level talks between the visiting Ukrainian President, Viktor Yanukovych, and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday.
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Decision on Uzbekistan’s withdrawal from CSTO may be passed next week
he decision on the withdrawal of Uzbekistan from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) may be made on December 19. The next meeting of the heads of the CSTO member states will be held on this date in Moscow, APA reports quoting the official website of the organization. Besides the other issues, Uzbekistan’s application on the suspension of its activity in the organization has been also included in the agenda of the meeting. For this reason, Uzbekistan sent the relevant note to the CSTO Secretariat in June.
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Turkmenistan joins Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia
The meeting of the CIS Council of the Heads of State held in Ashgabat has fundamentally changed the balance of power in the CIS. Azerbaijani sources say that President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov of Turkmenistan has again reformatted the country’s foreign policy.
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Russia criticizes U.S. recognition of Syrian opposition
Russia lashed out at the United States on Wednesday for recognizing an opposition coalition as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people, saying it ran against agreements to seek political transition in the Middle Eastern nation.
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