Armed pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine said on Friday they were not bound by an international deal ordering them to disarm and were looking for more assurances about their security before leaving the public buildings they are holding.

• Date: 18.04.2014  |  Published on EGF: 18.04.2014  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said Russia had been forced to respond to NATO enlargement and that its annexation of Crimea, home to its Black Sea Fleet, was partly influenced by the Western military alliance's expansion into eastern Europe.

• Date: 17.04.2014  |  Published on EGF: 17.04.2014  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

The United States, Russia, Ukraine and European Union together called on Thursday for an immediate halt to violence in Ukraine, where Western powers believe Russia is fomenting a pro-Russian separatist movement.

• Date: 17.04.2014  |  Published on EGF: 17.04.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Russia is looking at the possibility of filing a lawsuit against the United States in the World Trade Organisation over sanctions hitting Russian banks, Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said on Wednesday, according to Russian news agencies.

• Date: 16.04.2014  |  Published on EGF: 16.04.2014  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Unprecedented talks across the European Union on Tuesday showed it scrambling for solutions on the ground to break its dependence on Russian gas and help supply Ukraine.

• Date: 16.04.2014  |  Published on EGF: 16.04.2014  |  Energy  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Gennady Timchenko, the billionaire Russian gas trader hit with U.S. sanctions over his alleged ties with the Kremlin following Russia's annexation of Crimea, said being singled out by Washington was a badge of honor.

• Date: 12.04.2014  |  Published on EGF: 12.04.2014  |  Energy  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Ukraine's state-run energy company Naftogaz has suspended gas payments to Russia until the conclusion of price talks, chief executive Andriy Kobolev was quoted as saying on Saturday.

• Date: 12.04.2014  |  Published on EGF: 12.04.2014  |  Energy  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Ukraine said on Friday it would turn to Europe for gas and won a promise of help from Brussels after Russia warned it could cut supplies over Kiev's refusal to pay Moscow's "political, uneconomic price" for supplies.

• Date: 11.04.2014  |  Published on EGF: 11.04.2014  |  Energy  |  from http://www.reuters.com/