Victory Day in World War II. Arguably, it is not a parade of NATO troops but rather of Russia's erstwhile allies in the coalition against Adolf Hitler. Nor are parades necessarily the stuff of real politics or the harbingers of military alliances. Yet,

• May 9, 2010

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych responded coolly Thursday to a Russian proposal to merge the two countries' gas companies, saying even his Kremlin-friendly administration might ignore the idea.

• May 8, 2010

No agreement on a new government is likely by Monday morning, a U.K. Conservative party spokesman said Saturday, as Liberal Democrats leader Nick Clegg met with his party to discuss a possible deal with the Conservatives.

• May 8, 2010

In the space of a few weeks, Ukraine has executed a stunning geopolitical pirouette.

• May 8, 2010

Colombian coal is continuing to head to Asia which is keeping availability tight in Europe and underpinning high prices. Colombian coal is flowing to east Asian countries such as China, South Korea and Taiwan, where it is delivered at a discount of as much as USD 15 per tonne to coal loading at Newcastle in Australia and Richards Bay in South Africa.

• May 8, 2010

Chinese President Hu Jintao's attendance at the World War II Victory Day celebrations here would be a significant political step promoting Sino-Russian relations, said a leading Russian expert on Far East studies in a recent interview with Xinhua.

• May 8, 2010

Energy-rich Azerbaijan is ready to supply half its natural gas extracts to the Western-backed Nabucco pipeline intended to pump gas to Europe, a presidential administration official said on Thursday. Nabucco, whose planned pipeline would bypass Russia, is a rival project to the Kremlin-backed South Stream gas pipeline.

• May 8, 2010

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said his government is interested to pursue a foreign policy that will balance relations with its strategic partners, both in the East and the West.

• May 7, 2010