Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich said his country planned to sign an Association Agreement with the EU in the course of 2013. But he also stressed that the country would develop its relations with Russia’s Custom’s Union in areas which do not contradict other “international obligations”.

• Date: 04.01.2013  |  Published on EGF: 04.01.2013  |  External Relations  |  from kyivpost.com

Thanks to relative political stability and strong oil and gas prices, Russia's retail turnover more than quintupled from 2001 to 2011 and now exceeds US$600 billion annually. Data suggest that this sector is entering the steepest part of its growth curve. How will Russia's retailers face the challenges of this critical period of expansion? Will foreign retailers manage to get a slice of this growing pie?

• Date: 03.01.2013  |  Published on EGF: 03.01.2013  |  External Relations  |  from freshplaza.com

A major Iranian partner of Huawei Technologies offered to sell at least 1.3 million euros worth of embargoed Hewlett-Packard (HP) computer equipment to Iran’s largest mobile phone operator in late 2010, documents show.

• Date: 02.01.2013  |  Published on EGF: 02.01.2013  |  Markets  |  from itweb.co.za

Russia and India signed weapons deals worth billions of dollars today as president Vladimir Putin sought to further boost ties with an old ally

• Date: 24.12.2012  |  Published on EGF: 24.12.2012  |  External Relations  |  from independent.co.uk

Kyrgyzstan's state-owned natural gas company says it is to be sold to Russia's energy monopoly Gazprom, raising hopes of an end to debilitating energy shortages in the impoverished Central Asian nation.

• Date: 24.12.2012  |  Published on EGF: 24.12.2012  |  Energy  |  from news.yahoo.com

U.S. President Barack Obama has signed into law legislation that grants permanent normal trade relations to Russia and Moldova while also paving the way for sanctions against Russian officials implicated in the death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky.

• Date: 17.12.2012  |  Published on EGF: 17.12.2012  |  External Relations  |  from rferl.org

Iran plans to sign some new gas export contracts in the near future, the Iranian oil minister announced.

• Date: 15.12.2012  |  Published on EGF: 15.12.2012  |  Energy  |  from trend.az

Russian gas monopoly Gazprom has apparently ruled out building a subsea Sakhalin-Japan natural gas pipeline. That is not preventing continued talks on the ambitious project, which remains a bargaining tool in Russia's gas-price negotiations with China.

• Date: 14.12.2012  |  Published on EGF: 14.12.2012  |  Energy  |  from theinnoplex.com