The term of submission of binding proposals of strategic investors into Visaginas nuclear power plant (VNPP) expired on November 10, 2010; the Concession Tender Commission, which has been delegated to organize a tender for selection of the strategic investor, has analyzed the related documents, Lithuanian Ministry of Energy was quoted by The Lithuania Tribune.

• November 15, 2010

25-years after the world stood on the brink of nuclear war, Federated Farmers is hailing moves to negotiate a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.

• November 15, 2010

New Zealand will launch talks on a free trade pact with Russia and its customs partners Belarus and Kazakhstan early next year, Prime Minister John Key said Sunday.

• November 15, 2010

Much grousing about the expense of President Obama's India trip. This is silly and vindictive

• November 14, 2010

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will visit Bulgaria on Saturday to discuss the South Stream gas link and Russian gas prices amid competing projects to supply the fuel to the European Union.

• November 14, 2010

The deal was signed and hailed as part of a visit to Kyiv by none other than Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. But some fear Ukraine is far from certain of getting its own source of nuclear fuel and thus lessening its energy dependence on Moscow.

• November 12, 2010

Kazakhstan will finish the talks with the European Union and the United States on accessing issues to the World Trade Organization (WTO) by the end of this year, Kazakh Economic Development and Trade Minister Zhanar Aitzhanov said Thursday, Xinhua reported.

• November 12, 2010

A U.S. official said on Wednesday Russia was warming to the idea of cooperation with NATO on a European missile defence system ahead of a summit next week expected to seal warmer relations between the Cold War rivals.

• November 11, 2010