Up to 150 Russians are preparing to flee the bloodshed in Syria over the next two days on board two planes sent to Beirut from Moscow, a Russian diplomat told AFP on Tuesday.

• Date: 22.01.2013  |  Published on EGF: 22.01.2013  |  Security  |  from hurriyetdailynews.com

Ukraine continues to import European natural gas via Poland as it seeks to break the stranglehold of Russian supplies, Kiev's energy minister says

• Date: 21.01.2013  |  Published on EGF: 21.01.2013  |  Energy  |  from upi.com

Armenian Defence Minister Seyran Ohanyan would not mind hosting a Russian radar station on its territory, News-Armenia reported.

• Date: 18.01.2013  |  Published on EGF: 18.01.2013  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi and envoys from Russia and the United States - backers of opposing sides in Syria's civil war - failed to make a breakthrough in talks on Friday seeking a political solution to the conflict.

• Date: 15.01.2013  |  Published on EGF: 15.01.2013  |  External Relations  |  from reuters.com

Worried about dependence on pricier gas from Iran and Russia, Turkey is turning to its own coal. The country signed a deal with a United Arab Emirates company that will boost its coal-fired power capacity 67 percent.

• Date: 14.01.2013  |  Published on EGF: 14.01.2013  |  Energy  |  from themoscowtimes.com

Russia has called for political transition in Syria but reiterated that Syrians themselves should decide about the future of their country without outside interference.

• Date: 12.01.2013  |  Published on EGF: 12.01.2013  |  External Relations  |  from presstv.ir

Russian and U.S. diplomats plan to hold a meeting with the international mediator for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, on Friday in Geneva, Interfax news agency cited Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov as saying on Wednesday.

• Date: 11.01.2013  |  Published on EGF: 11.01.2013  |  External Relations  |  from reuters.com

Kazakhstan's Foreign Ministry has published a commentary on future cooperation with Russia at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Thursday.

• Date: 10.01.2013  |  Published on EGF: 10.01.2013  |  Markets  |  from trend.az