Russia on Saturday said the UN Security Council had "practically agreed" a resolution on sending an observer mission to Syria and called on both the government and the opposition to strictly obey the Kofi Annan peace plan.

• April 14, 2012

Ukraine has offered to supply electricity to Lithuania, Ukrainian Premier Mykola Azarov has said, www.interfax.com.ua reports.

• April 14, 2012

Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov meeting in Moscow with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev, on Thursday called for more urgency in building alternative pipeline routes to carry Russian gas to Europe bypassing Ukraine.

• April 13, 2012

The President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhammadov received Secretary Of State and deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Grigory Karasin, the Turkmen government said on Thursday.

• April 12, 2012

ISSUE #13
04/09/2012
On 5 April 2012, the Prosecutor-General's Office of Ukraine (PGO) resumed an investigation into the criminal case launched over the killing of politician and businessman Yevhen Shcherban in 1996. READ MORE

• April 12, 2012

Today Chairman of Azerbaijani Parliament Ogtay Asadov has received Chairman of Russian Federal Assembly’s Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko staying with a visit in Azerbaijan on occasion of 20-year anniversary of Azerbaijani- Russian diplomatic relations.

• April 9, 2012

Russian gas giant Gazprom has submitted a preliminary bid to purchase the Greek gas corporation DEPA, deputy chairman Alexander Medvedev said Saturday.

• April 7, 2012

A unified missile defense system comprising the United States and six Arab states is a signal that a military strike on Iran could be on the horizon, says the Chairman of the State Duma's International Affairs Committee.

• April 6, 2012