Baku, Fineko/abc.az. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) begins Associated Petroleum Gas (A) Flaring Study for Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan. Expression of interest to carrying out of this study is received in the EBRD office in London till September 18.

• Date: 18.08.2010  |  Published on EGF: 18.08.2010  |  Energy  |  from abc.az

While the International Monetary Fund unveils a new lending program for Ukraine, the government considers structural reforms in the energy sector.

• Date: 18.08.2010  |  Published on EGF: 18.08.2010  |  Energy  |  from kyivpost.com

Residents of the Veshnyaki neighborhood in southeast Moscow were in for a surprise last month when the radiators in their apartments started heating at full blast while it was nearly 40 degrees Celsius outside.

• Date: 17.08.2010  |  Published on EGF: 17.08.2010  |  Energy  |  from sptimes.ru

Russians will start loading a nuclear reactor with fuel in the southern city of Bushehr on Aug 21, Iranian media reported on Saturday.

• Date: 16.08.2010  |  Published on EGF: 16.08.2010  |  Energy  |  from China Economic Net

After decades of tension, NATO and Russia are working together on a series of joint initiatives that range from supplying troops in Afghanistan to fighting airline hijackings.

• Date: 16.08.2010  |  Published on EGF: 16.08.2010  |  External Relations  |  from journalgazette.net

Marking the second anniversary of Russia’s “coercion-to-peace” operation in Georgia, the Russian Chief of the General Staff, Army-General Nikolai Makarov, told the media: “Arms deliveries to Georgia are in full swing. Georgia’s military potential is significantly higher today, compared to August 2008.”

• Date: 16.08.2010  |  Published on EGF: 16.08.2010  |  External Relations  |  from jamestown.org

Russia has imposed a ban on wheat and other grain exports until the end of the year after a severe drought and an outbreak of wildfires destroyed one-third of the harvest and ravaged agricultural land.

• Date: 15.08.2010  |  Published on EGF: 16.08.2010  |  Markets  |  from Deutsche Welle

The government is planning to transform Siberia from a raw-materials backwater into a comfortable place to live and do business through the development of high-tech industries, science and tourism, but officials have yet to put a price tag on the project.

• Date: 13.08.2010  |  Published on EGF: 13.08.2010  |  Markets  |  from themoscowtimes.com