Russia is seeking to revive last summer's peace plan for Syria in talks with a senior Syrian diplomat and an international envoy, according to Moscow's foreign ministry.

• December 27, 2012

Russia and China are starting construction work on the second stage of the Tianwan nuclear power plant, Russian officials said on Thursday.

• December 27, 2012

Special Edition
12/24/2012
On 24 December 2012, President Viktor Yanukovych appointed a new cabinet chaired by Mykola Azarov.
The first deputy prime minister (overseeing agricultural policy, economy, trade, social policy, finance, earnings and levies), Serhiy Arbuzov (previously the governor of the National Bank of Ukraine). READ MORE

• December 26, 2012

India and Russia signed on Monday a dozen accords in New Delhi in such areas as defense – with the delivery to India of war materiel worth some $3 billion – and the promotion of direct investment between the two countries.

• December 25, 2012

Kyrgyzstan's state-owned natural gas company says it is to be sold to Russia's energy monopoly Gazprom, raising hopes of an end to debilitating energy shortages in the impoverished Central Asian nation.

• December 24, 2012

Russia and India signed weapons deals worth billions of dollars today as president Vladimir Putin sought to further boost ties with an old ally

• December 24, 2012

Russia and the European Union believe the Palestinians and Israelis should open direct peace negotiations without any preconditions, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday, December 22, according to RIA Novosti.

• December 22, 2012

Belarus and Azerbaijan have agreed to intensify cooperation in investment.

To this end, on 19 December in Minsk, cooperation memorandums were signed at the Belarusian-Azerbaijani business forum, BELTA reports.

• December 20, 2012