To better understand the geopolitical dynamic of upheaval in the remote central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan, it is instructive to look to Georgia, 2500 kilometres and five national borders to the west.

• April 15, 2010

Russia emerged from a decade of post-Soviet economic and political turmoil to reassert itself as a world power.

• April 15, 2010

The presidents of the USA and Ukraine, Barack Obama and Viktor Yanukovich, discussed on Monday issues of energy security and cooperation in that sphere.

• April 15, 2010

Chinese President Hu Jintao met Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama here on Monday to exchange views on China-Japan relations and other issues of common interest.

• April 15, 2010

Initiative to hold a global nuclear security summit in Washington "was absolutely timely" and the summit itself was "crowned with a complete success," Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Tuesday in a speech at the Brookings Institute on the results of the summit that had brought together the leaders of 47 countries, the UN, the International Atomic Energy Agency, and the European Union.

• April 14, 2010

On April 14-15, 2010 Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev will go to the Argentine Republic on an official visit. The main purpose of the visit is expanding of bilateral economic relations.

• April 14, 2010

World leaders agree to secure all vulnerable nuclear material within four years, President Obama says.

• April 14, 2010

US President Barack Obama will attend the funeral of Polish President Lech Kaczynski, killed in an air crash on Saturday.

• April 14, 2010