The governments of Tajikistan and Russia signed a cooperation agreement on Tuesday, the press service of the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

• April 24, 2012

Russia and Tajikistan are continuing talks over the future of Russian troops in Tajikistan.

• April 24, 2012

ISSUE #14
04/16/2012
On 10 April 2012, the Constitutional Court of Ukraine (CCU) announced its decision on several provisions of the law on electing MPs. In particular, the court ruled that the law provision allowing candidates to simultaneously run on party lists and in single-seat constituencies was unconstitutional. READ MORE

• April 24, 2012

ISSUE #15
04/23/2012
On 19-20 April 2012, a Kharkiv court held a preliminary hearing in the case against former Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko over the activity of the corporation United Energy Systems of Ukraine (UESU). The Ukrainian news and analysis website Lb.ua reported that based on the results of the preliminary hearing, the judge presiding over the case, Kostyantyn Sadovskyy, had dismissed an appeal submitted by the former prime minister's defence to suspend the trial until Tymoshenko recovers. Furthermore, the court prohibited photo shooting, video filming and broadcasting of the trial, which was requested by the defence. Several other motions were also dismissed. READ MORE

• April 24, 2012

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is in Tajikistan for talks with President Emomali Rahmon and other Tajik government officials.

• April 23, 2012

At a government meeting in Ashgabat a report on preparations for the forthcoming official visit of Turkmen delegation headed by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to the Republic of Belarus was heard, the Turkmen government said on Saturday.

• April 21, 2012

Russia and Iran continue to strengthen bilateral ties. The relations between Moscow and Teheran have strengthened considerably during the recent two decades. The two countries have signed a series of economic and defense agreements. The cooperation in the field of science and education has been developing steadily too. This week, it was reported that Iran has officially approved a new standard of education, in which the studies of the Russian language will become an inseparable part of the local school program.

• April 20, 2012

The decision by the National Commission on regulation the energy sector to give equal access to Ukraine’s gas-pipelines and underground reservoirs to private companies is bad news for Russia’s Gazprom and actually makes senseless the talks on creating a bilateral consortium between Russia and Ukraine Komersant-Ukrayiny reports Apr. 21.

• April 20, 2012