In August 2008, Russia’s relations with its post-Soviet neighbors reached an all-time low in the aftermath of the Russia-Georgia war. Not one single country in the region recognized the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia because it would have endangered its own claim to territorial integrity.

• July 28, 2010

The South Stream gas pipeline to Europe will top the agenda during bilateral talks between Greek and Bulgarian officials Tuesday in Sofia, officials said.

• July 28, 2010

Moscow is calling for negotiations to resume on settling the conflict over Transdniestria, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and Secretary of State Grigory Karasin said.

• July 28, 2010

Moscow has said the new EU sanctions on Iran will undermine efforts for a political-diplomatic resolution with Iran. Russia backed last month's UN sanctions but condemned unilateral measures by the US and the EU.

• July 28, 2010

With tensions still high after June's ethnic violence, a donor conference in Kyrgyzstan has pledged $1.1 billion (0.8 billion euros) to help the country rebuild. Experts say institutional rebuilding is equally important.

• July 28, 2010

Moscow and Tehran have been living through a period of chill in their relations. It was evidenced in Moscow's reaction to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's recent words accusing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev of becoming "the spokesman for the Iran' s enemies."

• July 27, 2010

Environmentalists who traveled by bike along the Baltic coast earlier in July 2010 have slammed Russia's environmental policy, drawing unfavorable comparisons with that of its neighboring Baltic countries, LETA reports referring to St.Petersburg Times.

• July 27, 2010

Russia is planning the largest auction of state assets since Boris Yeltsin's privatisations of the 1990s to improve the public finances.

• July 27, 2010