Things couldn't have been better for Russia's energy giant Gazprom even before news came in over the weekend that curtains could be coming down on one of the keenest battles of the Caspian great game, and Moscow is on a winning streak.

• May 12, 2011

On 10 May at the meeting with General Stephane Abrial, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander for Transformation, who is paying a visit to Lithuania, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Asta Skaisgiryte Liauskiene noted that Lithuania supported NATO activities to develop new missile and cyber defense capabilities, and to define the Alliance's role in the field of energy security, reports BC the press service of the Foreign Affairs Ministry.

• May 12, 2011

The second consignment of fuel for Iran's nuclear power plant was delivered from Russia to the southern Iranian city of Bushehr, the local satellite Press TV reported on Wednesday.

• May 12, 2011

Russia has successfully completed a vital pre-launch test at the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran, the country's nuclear export agency said on Tuesday.

• May 11, 2011

Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Tuesday that Japan would abandon plans to build more nuclear reactors, saying his country needed to "start from scratch" in creating a new energy policy

• May 11, 2011

Russia is a vast country that is exceptionally rich in mineral resources. Therefore, a fairly commonly held view is that prospecting for minerals outside Russia, for example, in Africa, is not a sensible proposition. Does this viewpoint reflect the way things really stand?

• May 10, 2011

Oil prices fell below $101 a barrel after a big jump the day before as traders anticipated a further rise in weekly U.S. crude inventories in a sign of weakening demand. The dollar strengthened against the euro but was steady against the yen.

• May 10, 2011

Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India proposed gas pipeline scheduled for completion in 2016. So far, no big progress has been made on a diplomatic front to provide for the project's start.

• May 9, 2011