Belarus gave a cool reception to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's surprise announcement he favours a merger between the two countries into one state as in the days of the USSR.

• August 3, 2011

Almost exactly three years after the brief war between Russia and Georgia, Washington and Moscow are trading challenging statements over its unresolved legacy, in another sign that the "reset" of relations between the two cold war enemies is coming under pressure.

• August 2, 2011

Bulgaria expects that Russia will withdraw its 58 million euro claim against the country' state-owned power utility NEK at the beginning of next week, Economy Minister Traicho Traikov told Bulgarian National Radio (BNR)

• August 1, 2011

A pilot error was the ultimate cause of the airplane crash that killed the Polish president and 95 others in Russia last year, but Russia's controllers and airport also played a role, a Polish committee investigating into the crash said Friday.

• July 30, 2011

ran welcomes Russia’s efforts towards finding a diplomatic way to settle Iran’s nuclear problem, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told a briefing in Tehran on Tuesday.

• July 29, 2011

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko signed an order requiring more companies to convert foreign-currency revenue into rubles, Interfax reported today, citing a statement from the president’s press service.

• July 26, 2011

Russia is trying new tactics by taking Bulgaria to court in a bid to speed up construction of the Belene nuclear power plant, the first in the EU that is fully reliant on Russian technology. Dnevnik, EurActiv's partner in Bulgaria

• July 22, 2011

Ukrainian Prime Minister Nikolai Azarov called on Wednesday for significant restrictions of Ukraine's foreign debt level amid current economic instability.

• July 21, 2011