Russia's Medvedev in Vietnam, nuclear deal in the offing
President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in Vietnam Saturday for a visit that will see Russia sign a multi-billion-euro nuclear power plant deal with the former Soviet-era Communist ally.
Russian troops to continue Afghan drug raids
Russia will take part in more drug raids in Afghanistan despite strong protests from the Afghan government, the Nato secretary-general has said.
Putin to visit Bulgaria
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will visit Bulgaria on Nov. 13, his Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borissov told reporters Tuesday.
Russia implements joint projects worth 1 bln dollars in Turkmenistan
Russia was implementing over 120 joint projects and contracts worth around 1 billion U.S. dollars in Turkmenistan, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov Tuesday said on Tuesday.
Biogas Attracts Investors in Ukraine
In course of 2010 in Ukraine the development rate of alternative energy industry has significantly increased due to investments from NAER, credits provided by IFC and EBRD, ratification of an agreement between Ukraine and NEFCO and, finally, the adoption of law “About the green tariff.”
Time to Revise Obama’s Russian “Reset” Policy
In March 2009 in Geneva, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pressed the “reset button” to restart the frozen Russia–U.S. relationship
Japan recalls Moscow envoy amid Kuril Islands row
Tokyo is to temporarily recall its ambassador to Moscow amid renewed tensions over a territorial dispute.
Turkmenistan denies Russia’s statements on TAPI pipe deal
Turkmenistan denied on 28 October Moscow’s statements that Russian gas monopoly Gazprom could take part in a trans-Afghan gas pipeline and that Moscow and Ashgabat had agreed to freeze the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline.
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