Iran says it has found major new uranium deposits and is planning to expand its nuclear power programme.

• Date: 23.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 23.02.2013  |  Energy  |  from bbc.co.uk

A sign of Russia’s defensiveness, bordering on paranoia, is that some senior Russian officials regard the recent buzz about shale gas and oil as American propaganda designed to undermine Moscow’s clout as an energy producer.

• Date: 22.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 22.02.2013  |  External Relations  |  from ljworld.com

Ukraine has signed a contract for the supply of natural gas with an annual volume of up to five billion cubic meters (bcm) with Germany's RWE, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said.

• Date: 22.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 22.02.2013  |  Energy  |  from interfax.com.ua

Despite what the Kremlin says, Russia is not threatened by so-called Western values.

• Date: 22.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 22.02.2013  |  External Relations  |  from euobserver.com

Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Fereidoon Abbasi, said that the upcoming nuclear talks between Tehran and the P5+1 -- Britain, China, France, Russia, the United States and Germany -- should focus on "cooperation," Tehran Times daily reported on Thursday.

• Date: 21.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 21.02.2013  |  External Relations  |  from chinadaily.com.cn

While Minsk has been recently trying its best to revive its relationships with the West (see EDM, February 13), reciprocal steps have not yet been undertaken by the Western countries and international structures.

• Date: 21.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 21.02.2013  |  External Relations  |  from jamestown.org

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev started his visit to Brazil on Wednesday, February 20th. Medvedev had a meeting with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. Due to the injury that Rousseff received at the carnival, the Brazilian president was wearing only one shoe. On her other foot, Rousseff had a rubber sandal, which gave an informal touch to the official meeting.

• Date: 21.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 21.02.2013  |  External Relations  |  from pravda.ru

South Korea will hold a nuclear cooperation forum in South Africa on Wednesday (South African time) to create a friendly atmosphere to bid for the upcoming orders of nuclear power plants from the African country.

• Date: 20.02.2013  |  Published on EGF: 20.02.2013  |  Markets  |  from globaltimes.cn