Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin agreed Friday to enhance energy cooperation between the two countries, sharing the view that bilateral economic ties have been deepening recently, the Foreign Ministry said.

• Date: 15.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 15.10.2011  |  Energy  |  from mdn.mainichi.jp

Cooperation in the oil and gas sector constitutes a major part of China-Russia economic relations, but it is not everything. While strengthening their energy cooperation, Chinese and Russian economic managers are now exploring new fields to diversify their economic ties and optimize the trade structure.

• Date: 14.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 14.10.2011  |  Energy  |  from futures.tradingcharts.com

Vladimir Putin this week made probably his last trip to China as Russian prime minister (he will likely be president next year), signing no fewer than 16 new accords on bilateral cooperation, including US$7 billion in new investment agreements.

• Date: 13.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 13.10.2011  |  External Relations  |  from allvoices.com/

Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said on Wednesday that he expected a "just and acceptable" compromise to be worked out with Russia soon over the price of Russian gas.

• Date: 12.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 12.10.2011  |  Energy  |  from in.reuters.com/

Russia and Belarus signed a contract Tuesday on the construction of the first nuclear power plant in Belarus, local media reported.

• Date: 12.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 12.10.2011  |  Energy  |  from xinhuanet.com

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko agreed on Tuesday that Russia should build the country's first, $9 billion nuclear power station.

• Date: 11.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 11.10.2011  |  Energy  |  from en.rian.ru

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili is ready to talk to the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on equal terms, Saakashvili said in live broadcast of "Rustavi-2" TV chanell on Saturday.

• Date: 08.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 08.10.2011  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

Governments in the West may have read with alarm that Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin wanted to build a Eurasian Union out of the former Soviet bloc but in Kazakhstan the news was welcomed.

• Date: 06.10.2011  |  Published on EGF: 06.10.2011  |  External Relations  |  from telegraph.co.uk