ISSUE # 04
02/11/2013
On 7 February 2013, European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Stefan Fule said in Kiev that Ukraine must meet the conditions required for signing an association agreement by November this year. He said this at a meeting with Prime Minister Mykola Azarov. READ MORE

• February 13, 2013

Russian authorities reiterated, on January 22, pledges of increased economic engagement with Central Asia. The foreign ministry advocated plans to develop economic and trade ties with the region, while other officials urged the creation of a Russian state corporation that would encourage economic development there (Regnum, January 22).

• February 9, 2013

The U.S. Justice Department has requested information from a private U.S. broadcasting company about its links to The Voice Of Russia, a Russian-government-funded media organization, and to the Russian government.

• February 9, 2013

Ashgabat hosted a meeting of the Turkmen-Russian commission for economic cooperation, an official Turkmen source said today.

• February 8, 2013

Russian and Kazakh experts and relevant departments have reconciled positions on the Baikonur spaceport, Presidents Vladimir Putin and Nursultan Nazarbayev said

• February 8, 2013

ISSUE # 03
02/04/2013
On 30 January 2013, Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara said that Ukraine would remain a reliable transit country for Russian gas sent to the EU. He said this at a meeting with European Commissioner for Energy Guenther Oettinger. READ MORE

• February 8, 2013

Ukraine doesn't see why it should pay a $7 billion bill from Russia's OAO Gazprom (GAZP.RS), Ukraine's energy and coal industry minister said Thursday, Interfax reported.

• February 7, 2013

A scandal has erupted in Sweden after the Swedish Armed Forces chief, Sverker Göranson, said that his country wouldn’t last even two days against Russia, in an attempt to spur Sweden’s NATO entry.

• February 7, 2013