President Vladimir Putin signed a decree imposing a raft of punitive economic sanctions against Turkey on Saturday, underlining the depth of the Kremlin's anger toward Ankara four days after Turkey shot down a Russian warplane.

• Date: 28.11.2015  |  Published on EGF: 28.11.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Five days after saboteurs blew up power lines in southern Ukraine plunging Russian-annexed Crimea into an energy crisis, all four damaged pylons are out of action and engineers say they need a political decision to restore supplies.

• Date: 27.11.2015  |  Published on EGF: 27.11.2015  |  Energy  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Gazprom's deputy chief executive is expected to meet EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager next month in a meeting that could determine the outcome of the EU's case against the Russian gas giant, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday.

• Date: 27.11.2015  |  Published on EGF: 27.11.2015  |  Energy  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan warned Russia on Friday not to "play with fire", citing reports Turkish businessmen had been detained in Russia, while Moscow said it would suspend visa-free travel with Turkey.

• Date: 27.11.2015  |  Published on EGF: 27.11.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

China will shake up its military by establishing a joint operational command structure by 2020 and rejig existing military regions as part of overall reforms, President Xi Jinping said in a comments reported on Thursday.

• Date: 26.11.2015  |  Published on EGF: 26.11.2015  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Power blackouts in Crimea orchestrated by anti-Russian saboteurs are stirring discontent a year and a half after Moscow seized the peninsula from Ukraine, threatening to chip away at the pro-Kremlin euphoria many Crimeans felt after annexation.

• Date: 26.11.2015  |  Published on EGF: 26.11.2015  |  Energy  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

France and Russia will exchange intelligence on Islamic State and other rebel groups to improve the effectiveness of their aerial bombing campaigns in Syria, French President Francois Hollande said on Thursday after talks with Vladimir Putin.

• Date: 26.11.2015  |  Published on EGF: 26.11.2015  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk says his country has imposed a ban on transit flights over Ukraine for all Russian airlines.

• Date: 25.11.2015  |  Published on EGF: 25.11.2015  |  Energy  |  from http://www.rferl.org/