Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich was to meet Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday for talks which Kiev hopes will lead to Russia cutting the price of natural gas supplies.

• Date: 21.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 20.04.2010  |  Energy  |  from reuters.com

Anyone who remembers the Vietnam War might be having hot flashes of déjà vu today. We are again engaged in a grand campaign to "win the hearts and minds" of an implacable foe in a place where we do not understand the language, the religion, the culture, or the opportunity costs

• Date: 21.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 20.04.2010  |  External Relations  |  from americanthinker.com

Uzbek President Islam Karimov on April 20 urged the Russian media not to judge all of Central Asia on the basis of the situation in Kyrgyzstan and asked reporters to be balanced in their coverage of the Kyrgyz unrest, RIA Novosti informed.

• Date: 21.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 21.04.2010  |  External Relations  |  from finchannel.com

Winter Olympics, to be staged in the mountain range where the militants have their strongholds. Soon after the Black Sea resort town of Sochi won in its bid to host the games, insurgents vowed in a statement to "attack any of the so-called 'Olympic

• Date: 20.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 20.04.2010  |  External Relations  |  from reuters.com

Turkish Cypriots elected a hardliner for president on Sunday, in a result that could have a major impact on efforts towards reuniting the island and on Turkey's bid to join the European Union.

• Date: 19.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 19.04.2010  |  External Relations  |  from Deutsche Welle

Russia said it's considering a gas discount for Ukraine in exchange for being allowed to participate in Ukrainian energy projects.

• Date: 19.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 19.04.2010  |  Energy  |  from commodityonline.com

Russia must play a central role in plans for a missile defence system in Europe, Nato's top official will tell a meeting of alliance foreign ministers this week.

• Date: 19.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 19.04.2010  |  External Relations  |  from guardian.co.uk

U.S. President Barack Obama got his first look this week at Ukraine's new president, Viktor Yanukovych. As the Moscow-backed candidate who "won" the 2004 presidential election only to be defeated in the Orange Revolution, Yanukovych has some work to do on his image in the West, where many still see him as a tool of the Kremlin.

• Date: 17.04.2010  |  Published on EGF: 17.04.2010  |  External Relations  |  from foreignpolicy.com