India and Russia have jointly agreed to study a comprehensive economic co-operation agreement with Belarus, Kazakhstan and the Russia Customs Union.

• July 17, 2012

Today, the bulk of immigrants to Russia come from Central Asia, and the trend is likely to remain over the next 10-15 years. The most recent Russian census showed that the number of Uzbeks, Tajiks, and Kyrgyz living in the country had roughly doubled since the previous count.

• July 14, 2012

Well over four hundred tons of uranium have been converted from former Soviet Union nuclear warheads. Called “Megatons to Megawatts,” the program was started by USEC, a global energy company and leading supplier of nuclear fuel.

• July 14, 2012

ISSUE #25
07/02/2012
There are no grounds for revising the gas price under the current contract with Russia, the Lb.ua news and analysis website quoted Gazprom's deputy head Aleksandr Medvedev as saying during an annual meeting of the company's stakeholders on 29 June 2012. A price reduction can be achieved only on the basis of intergovernmental agreements, he added. READ MORE

• July 13, 2012

ISSUE #26
07/09/2012
On 12 July 2012, President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will chair the fifth meeting of the Ukrainian-Russian Intergovernmental Commission. The meeting will be held in Yalta, Crimea. READ MORE

• July 13, 2012

Tajikistan is demanding no less than $250 million a year from Russia for the lease of a military base on its territory, Kommersant reported on Thursday, citing an unnamed source. Russia and Tajikistan are reportedly having difficulties agreeing on terms for the base's lease, which is due to expire in 2014. Russia currently has 7,000 military personnel stationed at the base.

• July 12, 2012

Russian President expressed readiness to shift to “a new, mutually beneficial partnership level” with Kyrgyzstan. “Today I am asking you to report on prospect projects with Commonwealth partners, including possibilities of shifting to a new mutually beneficial partnership with countries, for example, with Kyrgyzstan,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday at the session of the Commission on Fuel and Energy Complex and Environmental Security.

• July 11, 2012

Russia and Kazakhstan are set to sign an agreement by the end of this year on the creation of a joint regional air defense system. The documents are ready and currently being agreed on at presidential administrations of the two states, Kazakh Air Defense Chief Nurzhan Mukanov told journalists on Wednesday, reports Itar-Tass.

• July 11, 2012