Tariffs for gas will rise 15 percent in Russia in 2011, while thermal heating tariffs will rise 12 to 14 percent, Deputy Economy Development Minister Andrey Klepach said on May 31.

• Date: 03.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 03.06.2010  |  Energy  |  from neftegaz.ru

NATO soldiers marching in Red Square on V-E Day; Moscow agreeing on a compromise resolution of the 40-year-old sea-boundary dispute with Norway; the sight of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin kneeling at the memorial to the Polish officers murdered by Josef Stalin at Katyn: These are a few glimpses of what a European newspaper described as a kinder, gentler Russia. But three questions immediately arise: Is this real? Why the change? And how to respond to Russia's new foreign policy?

• Date: 03.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 03.06.2010  |  External Relations  |  from japantimes.co.jp

A year ago, the Kremlin issued a stark warning: that growing competition for control of global energy resources could spark wars on Russia's borders, including those in Central Asia.

• Date: 03.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 03.06.2010  |  External Relations  |  from bbc.co.uk

A year ago, the Kremlin issued a stark warning: that growing competition for control of global energy resources could spark wars on Russia's borders, including those in Central Asia.

• Date: 03.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 03.06.2010  |  Energy  |  from bbc.co.uk

Russia and the Ukraine got an agreement on nuclear fuel supply for the local atomic plants this year.

• Date: 02.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 02.06.2010  |  Energy  |  from prensa-latina.cu

Russia needs to modernize its economy and shun protectionism to gain access to Western investment, the European Union said Tuesday

• Date: 02.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 02.06.2010  |  Markets  |  from Wall Street Journal

European Union President Herman Van Rompuy said at a summit with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev today that the bloc is seriously concerned about the situation in Russia for human rights activists and journalists.

• Date: 02.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 02.06.2010  |  External Relations  |  from Radio Free Europe

Alyaksandr Lukashenka's support is waning — both domestically and from Russia — and he now looks the the most vulnerable he has done for years. Yet the opposition's failure to unite behind a single candidate still seems set to hand him victory in the upcoming presidential election.

• Date: 01.06.2010  |  Published on EGF: 01.06.2010  |  Markets  |  from opendemocracy.net