Russia has the European Union in a bind.

The bloc is divided between eastern European and Baltic Sea countries that see a new pipeline carrying Russian gas across the Baltic making the EU a hostage to Moscow - and those in northern Europe, most especially the main beneficiary Germany, for whom the economic benefits take priority.

• Date: 25.03.2017  |  Published on EGF: 25.03.2017  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com

Russia, Iran and Turkey need to convene more Syrian ceasefire talks as soon as possible to bring the situation on the ground under control, U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura said on Friday.

• Date: 25.03.2017  |  Published on EGF: 24.03.2017  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com

British police cordoned off streets in Shoreditch, east London, on Thursday and were investigating a suspect package, a day after an attack at the country's parliament killed three people and put the city on high alert

• Date: 23.03.2017  |  Published on EGF: 23.03.2017  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com

Ukraine accused Russia of "state terrorism" after a former Russian lawmaker and key witness in a treason case against former leader Viktor Yanukovich was shot dead in broad daylight outside a hotel in central Kiev on Thursday.

• Date: 23.03.2017  |  Published on EGF: 23.03.2017  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com

Ukraine suspects the Russian military or its separatist rebel proxies were responsible for blowing up a warehouse storing tank ammunition at an eastern military base early on Thursday morning, Defence Minister Stepan Poltorak said.

• Date: 23.03.2017  |  Published on EGF: 22.03.2017  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com

Russia and other world powers must move to limit Iran's growing military strength in Syria because it poses a regional threat, the director-general of Israel's Intelligence Ministry told Reuters in an interview.

• Date: 21.03.2017  |  Published on EGF: 20.03.2017  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com

U.S. Republican congressional leaders have refused Democrats' calls for a special prosecutor or select committee to investigate possible links between President Donald Trump's campaign and Russia, saying investigations by congressional committees are sufficient.

• Date: 18.03.2017  |  Published on EGF: 18.03.2017  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev discussed the Syria crisis by phone, the Kremlin said on Saturday, after peace talks in Kazakhstan closed without any substantive negotiations.

• Date: 18.03.2017  |  Published on EGF: 18.03.2017  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com