Dmitry Medvedev's visit to a disputed Pacific island, despite strong objections from Japan, seemed intended both to stamp Russia's authority in Asia and to strengthen the Russian president at home.

• November 4, 2010

Western powers' strong new sanctions on Iran have failed to push Tehran's leaders toward compromise on their disputed nuclear program, a senior European diplomat said on Tuesday.

• November 3, 2010

Russia was implementing over 120 joint projects and contracts worth around 1 billion U.S. dollars in Turkmenistan, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov Tuesday said on Tuesday.

• November 3, 2010

Tokyo is to temporarily recall its ambassador to Moscow amid renewed tensions over a territorial dispute.

• November 2, 2010

Turkmenistan resumed natural gas shipments to China via the Central Asia pipeline on Oct 27 after a nearly two-week break for maintenance of the only gas processing plant, state-owned China National Petroleum Corp said on Tuesday.

• November 2, 2010

President Barack Obama heads to Asia Friday, with diplomatic ambitions undimmed by domestic political woes, seeking a permanent place for the United States in a region fundamental to its future.

• November 2, 2010

Turkmenistan denied on 28 October Moscow’s statements that Russian gas monopoly Gazprom could take part in a trans-Afghan gas pipeline and that Moscow and Ashgabat had agreed to freeze the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline.

• November 1, 2010

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will sign agreements to help build Vietnam`s first nuclear power plant and a hydroelectric power station during a visit to the Soviet-era ally starting on Saturday, Kremlin sources said.

• October 30, 2010