Dmitry Medvedev's visit to a disputed Pacific island, despite strong objections from Japan, seemed intended both to stamp Russia's authority in Asia and to strengthen the Russian president at home.

• Date: 04.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 04.11.2010  |  External Relations  |  from seattlepi.com

Russia will take part in more drug raids in Afghanistan despite strong protests from the Afghan government, the Nato secretary-general has said.

• Date: 04.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 04.11.2010  |  External Relations  |  from bbc.co.uk

Western powers' strong new sanctions on Iran have failed to push Tehran's leaders toward compromise on their disputed nuclear program, a senior European diplomat said on Tuesday.

• Date: 03.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 03.11.2010  |  Energy  |  from startribune.com

Tokyo is to temporarily recall its ambassador to Moscow amid renewed tensions over a territorial dispute.

• Date: 02.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 02.11.2010  |  External Relations  |  from bbc.co.uk

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in the Kuril Islands on Monday on the first visit by a Russian leader to territory at the heart of a decades-long dispute with Japan.

• Date: 01.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 01.11.2010  |  External Relations  |  from france24.com

North Korea got a failing grade, with Iran and Syria not far behind, in the first nuclear arms control report card released Wednesday by the independent U.S.-based Arms Control Association (ACA).

• Date: 29.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 29.10.2010  |  Security  |  from chinapost.com.tw

The United States has welcomed as a "positive" step India's signing of an international convention governing liability in case of nuclear accidents.

• Date: 28.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 28.10.2010  |  Energy  |  from Yahoo! news

Gorbachev has valuable advice for the US on the war in Afghanistan that Putin would rather he keep to himself

• Date: 28.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 28.10.2010  |  External Relations  |  from guardian.co.uk