Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and President Dmitry Medvedev are already considering their roles in the 2012 presidential election, Putin told French media Wednesday.

• June 11, 2010

Estonian main grid company AS Elering manager Taavi Veskimägi says that Estonia is unable at the moment to fulfil the promise made to the European Union to keep 35% of the electricity market open and politicians have to do something about it in the near future, LETA/National Broadcasting reports.

• June 11, 2010

Chinese President Hu Jintao and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev met here Thursday and declared they were ready to further advance bilateral relations and cooperation.

• June 11, 2010

Russian security forces have captured an alleged member of a group of anti-police vigilantes suspected of being behind a series of attacks on police in the far eastern Primorye region.

• June 11, 2010

The Turkish energy minister said Wednesday that Turkey, as a partner country of Nabucco, had numerous responsibilities such as finding revenue for the project.

• June 11, 2010

President Hu Jintao and his Uzbek counterpart pledged on Wednesday to jointly combat terrorism, a major concern for both countries.

• June 10, 2010

Russia and Georgia held tense talks on Tuesday on security and humanitarian issues unresolved since their 2008 war, differing over whether a new agreement is needed on the non-use of force.

• June 10, 2010

Port traffic for May has grown just 2.5% on a sequential basis, signaling a weak pick up in export-import activity. According to Indian Ports Association (IPA), the overall port traffic for May stood at 4.78 million tonne against 4.66 million tonne in April 2010.

• June 10, 2010