Energy, transport and finance deals are likely to be on the agenda as Chinese President Xi Jinping meets his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during a three-day visit to Russia, where he will attend World War Two commemorations.

• May 8, 2015

Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will discuss the crisis in Ukraine at talks in Moscow on Sunday, a Kremlin aide said on Wednesday.

• May 6, 2015

Joining the dots and making sense of the key Geopolitical developments in wider Europe, Eurasia and MENA
By George Vlad NICULESCU, Head of Research, European Geopolitical Forum

• The likeliest scenario for Ukraine: a “frozen conflict” in the Donbass with periodical outbursts of violence and European fireman-type interventions
• Brussels think tank kicks off public debate on a new Western strategy against Russia, but leaves questions to be answered
• A common economic space (CES) from Lisbon to Vladivostok: Does it make sense, or is it just a piece of information warfare?
• Russian plans for Turkish Stream: the geopolitics of South Stream intertwined with Turkish ambitions to become a regional energy hub
• Towards a final agreement on the Iranian nuclear file – a genuine cornerstone for geopolitical reshuffling in the Middle-East and beyond?

• May 1, 2015

Italian refiner Saras (SRS.MI) and Russian energy giant Rosneft (ROSN.MM) have called off plans to set up a trading joint venture, Saras Managing Director Dario Scaffardi said on Tuesday.

• April 29, 2015

The next generation of nuclear reactors being developed in countries such as France, Russia, China and Japan may not be safer than those being built today, French nuclear safety watchdog IRSN said on Monday.

• April 27, 2015

President Vladimir Putin accused some of Russia's "quasi-partners" on Monday of counting on the country's collapse by cutting its banks off from the global financial system at a time when oil prices had plunged.

• April 27, 2015

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow's seizure of Crimea righted a historical injustice, according to news agency reports on Sunday citing a new documentary film.

• April 26, 2015

Russia and France are close to reaching an agreement for Paris to cancel a frozen contract on the sale of Mistral helicopter carriers and reimburse Moscow, a Russian source close to talks indicated on Friday.

• April 24, 2015