The chairman of Russian energy giant Rosneft has said he wants to push ahead with its alliance with BP.

• Date: 27.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 27.03.2011  |  Energy  |  from bbc.co.uk

Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Ruslan Kazakbayev will visit Moscow on March 27-28 to discuss bilateral ties between Russia and Kyrgyzstan with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, a spokesman for the Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry said

• Date: 27.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 27.03.2011  |  External Relations  |  from apa.az

Russia, responding to the Japanese nuclear crisis, will perform a “stress test” on all its reactors to judge their ability to withstand earthquakes more powerful than the original design anticipated, the Russian state-owned nuclear power company Rosatom said

• Date: 25.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 25.03.2011  |  Energy  |  from nytimes.com

The Ukrainian-Russian intergovernmental working group on March 24, 2011 held the first stage of a meeting in Kyiv to draw up a plan of joint action to settle the conflict over public JSC Ukrtatnafta (Kremenchuk oil refinery, Poltava region), read a press release of the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry of Ukraine.

• Date: 25.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 25.03.2011  |  Energy  |  from interfax.com.ua

Poland broke ground Wednesday on a gas terminal on the Baltic Sea aimed at diversifying energy sources and lessening the country's reliance on Russian gas, dpa reported.

• Date: 24.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 24.03.2011  |  Energy  |  from trend.az

Only a year ago, Russia's dominance as a global energy supplier was threatened by low gas prices and a reputation as an unreliable trade partner. But with the world now shaken by Japan's natural disasters and uprisings across the Middle East, the country is back at the heart of the market - and cashing in.

• Date: 23.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 23.03.2011  |  Energy  |  from kwqc.com

Estonia's shale hub is Narva, in the northeast near the Russian border. Two underground mines and two open-cast pits in the area feed a duo of power stations -- the world's biggest oil shale-fired electricity plants.

• Date: 23.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 23.03.2011  |  Energy  |  from news352.lu

Ukraine's joining a free trade area with the European Union will depend on greater flexibility and a readiness for a compromise with EU member states, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has said.

• Date: 22.03.2011  |  Published on EGF: 22.03.2011  |  External Relations  |  from interfax.com.ua