President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Wednesday that Iran won't retreat "one iota" from its nuclear program, denying claims that it seeks atomic weapons. Key ally Russia gave the Islamic Republic a major boost, rejecting tighter sanctions despite a U.N. watchdog report detailing suspected arms-related advances.

• November 11, 2011

Russia is ready to build more nuclear reactors in Iran, its nuclear chief Sergei Kiriyenko said Thursday despite renewed fears that Tehran is seeking to produce nuclear weapons.

• November 10, 2011

Nato has embraced many former Soviet bloc countries but Georgia remains for now just a partner because of its 2008 war with Russia.

• November 9, 2011

After 13 years of planning and two years of construction, the Nord Stream pipeline will deliver its first supplies of Russian gas to an estimated 26 million homes in the EU on Tuesday.

• November 8, 2011

Russian foreign ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich has said that India has expressed an intent to join a Central Asian security alliance that would also include Pakistan and Iran.

• November 7, 2011

Director of the European Affairs Department of the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry Tomas Gulbinas had a meeting with Ukraine's Deputy Foreign Minister Pavel Klimkin in Kiev during which he voiced support for Ukraine's integration into the European Union, reported BC Lithuanian MFA.

• November 7, 2011

Russia is on the verge of ending its 18-year wait to join the World Trade Organisation after accepting a trade deal with Georgia, the last big obstacle to membership of a club that will seal its integration into the global economy.

• November 3, 2011

Turkmenistan's leader said on Thursday energy exports to Europe were a fundamental aspect of his country's foreign policy and reinforced his support for a Western-backed pipeline to bypass Russia and pump gas beneath the Caspian Sea.

• November 3, 2011