Iran's ambassador to Russia said plans to cut off supplies of Iranian crude to Europe would only benefit the Islamic republic, which in the past has been heavily dependent on imported fuel due to restricted refining capacity.

• February 16, 2012

In a recent interview for "The Voice of Russia", EGF Expert on Radical Islamic Movements, Mikhail Roshchin, explained the political dynamics emerging between Islamist and secular political parties in Egypt following recent parliamentary elections. His key message for all stakeholders engaged in the formation of new governance institutions in Egypt was that the Muslim Brotherhood, which now forms the largest political bloc in Egypt's new parliament, is more likely to broker political deals with secular parties rather than develop any sense of "ideological alliances" with other, more radical, Islamist factions. This will most likely remove the concerns over "new shades of green" emerging in the ensuing Egyptian political landscape and lead to further fragmentation of the political environment in advance of the country's looming presidential elections, which are currently scheduled for June 2012. Click HERE for the entire interview.
 

• February 16, 2012

Kazakhstan is keen to expand civil nuclear ties with India, its envoy here said Wednesday. Ambassador Doulat Kuanyshev said the two strategic partners should look beyond and enhance ties in the nuclear sector, and let Kazakhstan’s atomic power company Kazakhprom and Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited expand cooperation.

• February 15, 2012

Establishing and developing cooperation between Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan in prevention and elimination of natural and man-caused emergency situations and conclusions of the due intergovernmental agreement is the main issue of talks between the Kyrgyz Minister of Emergency Kubatbek Boronov and Azerbaijani ambassador in Bishkek Arif Agayev.

• February 15, 2012

Iran announced new strides in its nuclear programme on Wednesday, in a defiant blow to US and EU pressure to rein in its atomic activities and amid signs of an increasingly vicious covert war with Israel over the issue.

• February 15, 2012

French bank Societe Generale recommended selling British natural gas for summer delivery, citing expectations that additional Russian supplies will flood the European market this year.

• February 14, 2012

In February members of Armenia-Belarus interparliamentary group of Belarusian National Assembly headed by co-chair Victor Guminsky met with Armenian National Assembly members in European agencies, with Ambassador of Belarus to Armenia Stepan Sukhorenko participating.

• February 14, 2012

The recent bomb attack on an Israeli diplomat in New Delhi (allegedly by members of the Islamic militant group Hezbollah) may underline one of the most fascinating political relationships in the world -- the friendly links between India and Israel.

• February 14, 2012