Former Kyrgyz Finance Minister and Ak-Shumkar leader Temir Sariyev listens to a question during his interview with the Associated Press in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. The head of a leading party running for election in Kyrgyzstan says an incoming government will likely sharply increase the rent for a U.S. air base in the country.

• October 8, 2010

Russia will pay back Iran's downpayment on an order for a missile system after refusing to fulfil the contract, a top Russian official says.

• October 8, 2010

Estonia saw its annual inflation rate climb in September, according to official figures released Thursday.

• October 8, 2010

Japan has submitted a bid to construct a nuclear energy power plant in Turkey through the mediation of Toshiba, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Taner Yıldız has said.

• October 8, 2010

Great prospects exist for the cooperation between Russia and China with two-way trade on the rise and high-tech exchange ever increasing, Artem Volynets, a member of the Board of Directors of the RusAl aluminum company, told Xinhua on Wednesday.

• October 7, 2010

Georgia's prime minister said Wednesday that his country will not support Russia's membership in the World Trade Organization unless Moscow allows Georgian customs officials to operate in two disputed territories allied with Russia

• October 7, 2010

Latvia's prime minister said on Wednesday a cooperation deal with an opposition party backed by the country's large Russian-speaking minority would not lead to the party joining the government.

• October 7, 2010

Kyrgyzstan votes in a crucial election on Sunday which interim leaders hope will help unite the country but opponents fear could trigger more violence and leave the south vulnerable to ethnic extremists and militant Islamists, APA reports quoting “Reuters”.

• October 7, 2010