It does not worth waiting for progress in the negotiations on Iran's nuclear program yet, Anatoly Tsyganok, the head of Military Forecast Center of the Institute for Political and Military Analysis, said.

• Date: 08.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 08.12.2010  |  Energy  |  from trend.az

When Toshio Koizumi heard Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visited cold and windy Kunashiri island on November 1 he quivered with indignation.

• Date: 08.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 08.12.2010  |  External Relations  |  from earthtimes.org

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan is to meet Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Saturday afternoon to discuss the president's recent visit to a disputed island north of Japan.

• Date: 14.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 14.11.2010  |  External Relations  |  from earthtimes.org

The deal was signed and hailed as part of a visit to Kyiv by none other than Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. But some fear Ukraine is far from certain of getting its own source of nuclear fuel and thus lessening its energy dependence on Moscow.

• Date: 12.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 12.11.2010  |  Energy  |  from kyivpost.com

The leaders of Russia and Japan will meet on the sidelines of a regional summit, talks certain to be dominated by their latest flare up over islands both claim

• Date: 12.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 12.11.2010  |  External Relations  |  from reuters.com

Iran agreed to attend talks with the United States and other world powers on the Islamic Republic's nuclear program, provided negotiations take place in neighboring Turkey, officials said Sunday. The offer likely was meant to put diplomatic pressure on the U.S. and its allies.

• Date: 08.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 08.11.2010  |  Energy  |  from seattletimes.com

Approval ratings for Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan's government plunged as more people expressed dissatisfaction with its handling of diplomatic problems with China and Russia, a news report said Monday.

• Date: 08.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 08.11.2010  |  External Relations  |  from eurasianet.org

Turkmenistan denied on 28 October Moscow’s statements that Russian gas monopoly Gazprom could take part in a trans-Afghan gas pipeline and that Moscow and Ashgabat had agreed to freeze the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline.

• Date: 01.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 01.11.2010  |  Energy  |  from neurope.eu