Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko will look for ways to settle a dispute over natural gas supplies and end months of conflict in east Ukraine at talks in Italy this week.

• Date: 15.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 15.10.2014  |  Energy  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Russia and China signed energy, trade and finance agreements on Monday proclaimed by Moscow as proof that a policy turn to Asia is bearing fruit and will help it to weather Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis.

• Date: 13.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 13.10.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian troops to withdraw to their permanent bases after military exercises in Rostov region near the border with Ukraine, the Kremlin said, in a sign of some tension easing before a key meeting next week.

• Date: 12.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 12.10.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Russian President Vladimir Putin could hold talks with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko next week on the sidelines of a summit of Asian and European leaders in Milan, the Kremlin said on Thursday.

• Date: 09.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 09.10.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Ukraine warned the European Union on Wednesday not to accept pro-Russian rebels carving out a de facto state and said that unlike other "frozen conflicts" in the former Soviet Union it could destabilize all of Europe.

• Date: 09.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 09.10.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Statements by NATO's new chief do not raise hopes of a rapid improvement in relations between Russia and the military alliance, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said on Thursday.

• Date: 09.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 09.10.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

China and the European Union are closing in on a deal to resolve a long-running telecoms dispute by the end of the month, people close to the matter say, potentially putting an end to one of the most divisive issues between the two big trade partners.

• Date: 08.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 08.10.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Bulgaria on Wednesday rejected Russian accusations that it was betraying its former Soviet-era ally by considering replacing its ageing Russian warplanes with ones built in the West.

• Date: 08.10.2014  |  Published on EGF: 08.10.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/