Ukraine's capital Kiev has been the scene of mass demonstrations calling for the president not to sanction a new tax code. Critics say the changes are targeted against smaller firms and could lead to mass unemployment.

• November 24, 2010

President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan will visit Turkmenistan on November 24.

• November 23, 2010

nterfax citing Mr Vladimir Putin Prime Minister has said Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan reached consensus on the notion of equal profitability in fuel deliveries.

• November 22, 2010

The Georgian government has said it does not plan to sell a strategic pipeline that brings Russian natural gas to Armenia through its territory

• November 22, 2010

Turkmenistan has won support from its Caspian neighbours to lay a pipeline under the sea and become a major gas supplier to Europe, a senior official said, boosting plans for the EU-backed Nabucco project.

• November 20, 2010

Saturday's NATO-Russia summit will become yet another step towards the "reset" of relations between Russia and the West and the strengthening of global security, U.S. President Barack Obama has said, RIA Novosti reported.

• November 20, 2010

After 500 years of Western predominance, Niall Ferguson argues, the world is tilting back to the East.

• November 20, 2010

Azerbaijan and Iran have signed an energy cooperation deal prior to the start of the third Caspian Summit, according to media reports Thursday.

• November 19, 2010