The Russian -Iranian relationship lies very much in the development of international issues elsewhere in the world. At the moment, Russia and Iran have a mutual need to maintain their relationship and to play up its importance in order to protect the territorial status and exertinfluence with other neighbouring states.

• Date: 14.07.2010  |  Published on EGF: 14.07.2010  |  External Relations  |  from americanchronicle.com

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Monday Iran was gaining the ability to build a nuclear bomb, the strongest criticism of Iran's nuclear program to emerge from the Kremlin under either Medvedev or his predecessor, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

• Date: 13.07.2010  |  Published on EGF: 13.07.2010  |  External Relations  |  from chinadaily.com.cn

Japan, long critical of Indian nuclear policy, is discussing a civilian nuclear energy cooperation agreement that could be signed by the end of the year when the Indian prime minister visits Tokyo, Harsh V Pant comments for ISN Security Watch.

• Date: 13.07.2010  |  Published on EGF: 13.07.2010  |  Energy  |  from ethz.ch

Russian gas behemoth Gazprom is trying to get German power company RWE to join the South Stream gas pipeline project, a press report said on Monday, raising the stakes for a rival European programme.

• Date: 13.07.2010  |  Published on EGF: 13.07.2010  |  Energy  |  from busrep.co.za

North Korea postpones talks scheduled with the US-led United Nations Command about the sinking of a South Korean warship.

• Date: 13.07.2010  |  Published on EGF: 13.07.2010  |  External Relations  |  from bbc.co.uk

The 14 alleged spies deported from Russia and the U.S. remained out of public view over the weekend amid uncertainty over where they had been taken and how they would restart their lives.

• Date: 12.07.2010  |  Published on EGF: 12.07.2010  |  External Relations  |  from wsj.com

The multi-billion-dollar Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) pipeline is back on India's agenda with the government planning to hold a bilateral meeting in Teheran on the issue after a gap of at least two years.

• Date: 12.07.2010  |  Published on EGF: 12.07.2010  |  Energy  |  from tradingcharts.com

Cooperation with Belarus in nuclear energy projects could convince the neighbours to abandon their plans of erecting a new nuclear power plant (AE) near Lithuania, Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius said

• Date: 12.07.2010  |  Published on EGF: 12.07.2010  |  Energy  |  from baltic-course.com