ISSUE #33
08/27/2012
On 21 August 2012, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said that, following the entry into force of a free trade area agreement within the CIS, Kiev is planning to start negotiations on access to the Russian gas transport system and possible transport of natural gas from Central Asia to Ukraine through Russia's system. Azarov said that such steps are envisaged by the agreement on free trade area, which allows launching negotiations on access to the gas transport system immediately after the agreement comes into force and reaching agreement on Ukraine's access to the “pipe” within six months. READ MORE

• September 3, 2012

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has today arrived in Belarus for an official visit.

• August 28, 2012

“Russia is willing to upgrade TPP of Kyrgyzstan’s capital,” acting Minister of Energy and Industry Avtandil Kalmambetov stated at today’s meeting on preparations for heating season.

• August 27, 2012

ISSUE #32
08/20/2012
The Russian Defence Ministry is planning to equip the Black Sea Fleet in Crimea with six new submarines, according to an Interfax report on 16 August 2012. READ MORE

• August 26, 2012

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has proposed to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to discuss changes in the trade regime between the two countries in connection with Russia’s joining the World Trade Organization (WTO).

• August 25, 2012

Moscow, Aug 25 (IANS) A group from the Russian armed forces will take part in the military drills with the US and Canada to be held next Monday in North America, a military official said Saturday. The Watchful Eagle-2012 anti-terrorism exercise, slated for Aug 27-29, will take place in the US and Canada.

• August 25, 2012

Ukrainian authorities have launched an investigation into a tunnel network running from its border into neighboring Slovakia, a member of the European Union.   There has been mounting international concern that organized crime groups from the former Soviet Union smuggle people, weapons, drugs, cigarettes and other goods into the European Union.

• August 24, 2012

Kyrgyzstan summoned its ambassador to Belarus for consultations on Friday after images of the wanted former Kyrgyz president’s brother made near a restaurant in Minsk appeared on the internet.

• August 24, 2012