The EU's new partnerships with energy-rich Central Asian countries do not threaten Russian gas sales to Europe, the EU's energy commissioner says.

• Date: 11.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 11.02.2011  |  Energy  |  from bbc.co.uk

Lithuania hopes for Azerbaijan in solving problems with providing country with gas, the Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Irena Degutene said in Baku

• Date: 11.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 11.02.2011  |  Energy  |  from trend.az

Japan is closely monitoring stepped-up activity by Russia's military near disputed islands, Japan's chief spokesman said on Thursday after Moscow said it would deploy new weapons to the area.

• Date: 10.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 10.02.2011  |  External Relations  |  from Yahoo! news

A year after taking office with a vow to pursue close ties to Russia, the Ukrainian president is overseeing a broad crackdown on the pro-Western opposition that mirrors the kind of pressure tactics used by his allies in the Kremlin.

• Date: 10.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 10.02.2011  |  Markets  |  from nytimes.com

Russia is actively working to participate in the construction of nuclear power plants in Egypt, Jordan, Bangladesh and other countries, First Vice President of Atomstroiexport Alexander Dybov told Russia's Itar-Tass news agency after signing a contract with Ukraine's Energoatom on designing reactors for nuclear power plant in Khmelnitsky.

• Date: 10.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 10.02.2011  |  Energy  |  from bernama.com

Iran's Ambassador to Russia Seyyed Mahmoud Reza Sajjadi says Tehran's nuclear fuel exchange offer is still on the table and Iran is open for talks with the Vienna Group and the P5+1 in this regard

• Date: 10.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 10.02.2011  |  Energy  |  from trend.az

A line of 150 trucks waits to enter Kazakhstan. It takes so long to clear customs here that each rig usually only makes two round trips a month. And yet, contrary to appearances, documented discrepancies suggest the checkpoint is a smuggler’s paradise.

• Date: 09.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 09.02.2011  |  External Relations  |  from hurriyetdailynews.com

Russia is considering pulling out of a project to build a 2,000-megawatt nuclear power plant in Bulgaria due to persistent delays, Russian daily Kommersant reported

• Date: 09.02.2011  |  Published on EGF: 09.02.2011  |  Energy  |  from nuclearpowerdaily.com