Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Russian PM Vladimir Putin sign a series of key deals following talks in Caracas.

• Date: 03.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 03.04.2010  |  Energy  |  from bbc.co.uk

Following are facts about relations between Venezuela and Russia: Russia is the world's second-biggest oil exporter and biggest gas producer. OPEC member Venezuela boasts Latin America's largest oil reserves and 7.9 percent

• Date: 03.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 03.04.2010  |  Energy  |  from reuters.com

Aviation could prove a fresh field for diplomatic conflict between Georgia and Russia after an announcement by the de facto government of breakaway Abkhazia that it plans to reopen an Abkhaz airport with Moscow’s assistance. Georgian officials tell EurasiaNet.org that they expect the European Union to help Tbilisi block such assistance -- an expectation that the EU has not confirmed.

• Date: 02.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 02.04.2010  |  External Relations  |  from eurasianet.org

Kyiv is ready to discuss cooperation with Moscow in upgrading Ukraine's gas transportation system, nuclear industry, aerospace industry and aircraft engineering, according to Prime Minister Mykola Azarov.

• Date: 02.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 02.04.2010  |  External Relations  |  from kyivpost.com

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• Date: 02.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 02.04.2010  |  Energy  |  from russiaprofile.org

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• Date: 02.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 02.04.2010  |  Markets  |  from telegraph.co.uk

After Russia's second series of suicide bombings this week, President Medvedev paid a visit to Dagestan, where new reports link bombings there to those in Moscow.

• Date: 02.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 02.04.2010  |  Security  |  from Deutsche Welle

Organizers of the electronic petition "No for Construction of Belarus Nuclear Power Plant near Vilnius" have submitted a sheet with almost 22,000 signatures of residents to the Government.

• Date: 01.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 01.04.2010  |  Energy  |  from baltic-course.com