In a recently hosted international panel by Voice of Russia America to discuss the second anniversary of the conflict in Syria, Mikhail Roschin, EGF Affiiated Expert on radical Islam in the North Caucasus and Central Asia speaks about the national uprisings that put Syria on the path to civil war and so far more than 70,000 people have been killed in the violence between rebel opposition groups and the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. To listen to this discussion, please click here.

• April 3, 2013

Russian natural gas supplies to Ukraine are down more than 20 percent for the first two months of the year compared to 2012, the government said.

• April 2, 2013

UN chief Ban Ki-moon has said the North Korea "crisis has gone too far" after Pyongyang announced plans to restart its main Yongbyon nuclear complex.

• April 2, 2013

Latvian President Andris Berzins announced during a joint press conference with visiting Turkish President Abdullah Gul today that Latvia fully supports Turkey's accession to the European Union and sees opportunities for both countries to jointly cooperate in establishing relations with the Eastern Partnership countries and the Central Asian countries

• April 2, 2013

Ukraine's natural gas shipper said that April marks the start of a break from Russia as more supplies start coming in from nearby Poland.

• April 1, 2013

The Russian government says it will not compensate Russian savers who have lost money in the Cyprus banking crisis.

• April 1, 2013

Optimism and progress are words seldom associated with diplomatic encounters involving Iran.

• April 1, 2013

The surprise military exercises in the Black Sea Russian President Vladimir Putin called for are reaching their conclusion.

• March 31, 2013