Russian domestic gas prices will increase more than 15% next year
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.
Russia hits the reset button, but will it last?
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?
Baltic Sea States Summit - Speech By President of European Commission Barroso
Few other places in the world have seen such a will to cooperate at the governmental level and, most impressively, also at the grass-roots level and in business than the Baltic Sea region.
Russia loses ground in Central Asia
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.
Struggle for Central Asian energy riches
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.
Russia and Ukraine Sign Nuclear Fuel Supply Agreement
Russia and the Ukraine got an agreement on nuclear fuel supply for the local atomic plants this year.
Barroso: it is Lithuania’s decision whether to have a power plant
President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso has said that the issue of financial instruments to the construction of the Visaginas nuclear power plant will be considered as soon as the construction project is presented.
Afghanistan Charts a Path to Reconcile With Taliban
Afghan security forces patrol ahead of Wednesday's start of a three-day peace conference in Kabul. KABUL—The Afghan government kicks off a national assembly in Kabul Wednesday, the first in a string of events that officials hope will chart a path to reconciliation with insurgents, seize the political initiative from the Taliban and lay the groundwork for...
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