Russia has agreed to cut gas prices for Belarus and lend Minsk $10 billion to build a nuclear power plant, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday, according to local news agencies.

• November 25, 2011

Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has once again returned to the idea of creating a common grain pool of three countries: Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Russia, the Ukrainian prime minister's spokesman, Vitaliy Lukyanenko, said in Astana on Thursday.

• November 24, 2011

Russia has threatened to deploy missiles to target the US missile shield in Europe if Washington fails to assuage Moscow's concerns about its plans.

• November 24, 2011

The European Commission proposed on Thursday to secure an additional EUR 185 M from 2013 to help Bulgaria dismantle four Soviet-era reactors at its sole nuclear power plant in Kozloduy.

• November 24, 2011

Russian Federation Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed on behalf of Russia, while inking the document for France was French Prime Minister Francois Fillon.

• November 23, 2011

India looks forward to opportunities to acquire uranium mines in Australia once it reverses its policy against sale of the nuclear fuel to New Delhi.

• November 23, 2011

China attaches particular importance to development of its relations with Turkmenistan, Chinese leader Hu Jintao reported on Wednesday at his talks with Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, who is on state visit to Beijing, the Government of Turkmenistan reported.

• November 23, 2011

ISSUE #38
11/07/2011
The visit by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has yielded no significant result. On November 4, 2011, Max Alier, the IMF Resident Representative in Ukraine, announced that the fund has decided to take a pause in negotiations with Ukraine “to enable some additional technical work to be carried out.” “Policy discussions are expected to resume in the near future,” he noted. READ MORE

• November 23, 2011