Russia's Putin says he's skipping U.S. economic summit, meeting with Obama
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin will skip a planned visit to the United States this month for a key global summit and a much-anticipated meeting with President Barack Obama, the Kremlin confirmed Thursday, as he faced pressure from protests and opposition criticism at home.
Kyrgyzstan may join Customs Union ahead of schedule
The process of joining customs union may take an accelerated pace, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said during the visit of the President of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev in Astana, Novosti-Kazakhstan agency says.
Kazakh FM, Turkmen president discuss bilateral relations
Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerzhan Kazykhanov and Turkmen President Gyrbanguly Berdymukhamedov have discussed bilateral relations during Kazykhanov's visit to Ashgabat.
Lithuania nuclear power plant to cost up to 7 bln euros
Lithuania's government gave its final approval to several plans aimed at reducing its dependency on Russian energy sources on Wednesday, including a new nuclear power plant which it said could cost up to 7 billion euros ($9.10 billion).
Chinese investor strikes oil in Kyrgyzstan
A small Chinese company has struck oil in Kyrgyzstan, and leaders of the impoverished former Soviet republic said they hoped the first find by a foreign oil firm would encourage investors to explore its undeveloped energy and metals resources
Ukraine postpones European summit
Ukraine has postponed a summit of Central and East European leaders planned for this week after several of them said they would boycott it.
Iran complains of nuclear double standards
World powers should focus on scrapping nuclear weapons and abiding by their own non-proliferation commitments rather than speculating about Iran's peaceful atomic work, the Iranian foreign ministry said
India resists US pressure to restrict energy ties with Iran
Resisting US pressure to further scale down oil imports from sanction-hit Iran, India today made it clear that it has to look at the issue involved beyond the energy trade as it has "vital" security stakes in the Gulf region.
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