Eastern Europe

U.S. Department of State: High-ranking U.S. diplomat heads to Moscow

The main issue addressed in the talks will be the work of the bilateral presidential commission, Burns’ aide Filip Crowley told a briefing in …
Interfax-Ukraine

The Moscow Times: U.S. dethroning Russia as gas king

Gas output dropped 12 percent to 582 billion cubic meters last year as demand in the key market, the European Union, slumped amid the economic crisis …
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RIA Novosti: Russia, Poland resume gas talks

According to the Neft Rossii (Russian Oil) business news and analysis web portal, the talks centered on increasing gas supplies from 8 to 11 billion …
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Bomb hits gas line in Russia’s south, disruption small

"Unknown people blew up the Mozdok-Kazimagomed pipeline at its 496th kilometer, causing a fire," an official from the firm, who declined to be …
Reuters

Moldova starts association membership talks with EU

The first round of talks showed a serious degree of coincidence between the positions of Moldova and that of the EU, Gunnar Wiegand, director of the …
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RIA Novosti: Too soon for Orthodox, Catholic church heads to meet

"Dialog with the Roman Catholic Church has been intensified," said Archbishop Ilarion of Volokolamsk, the head of the Moscow Patriarchy’s foreign …
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RIA Novosti: Medvedev-Erdogan talks to focus on gas, oil, nuclear projects

"Major projects like the South Stream and Blue Stream [natural gas] pipelines and the construction of Turkey’s first nuclear power plant are on the …
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RadioFreeEurope/ RadioLiberty: Democratic decline continues across former Soviet states

Freedom House has issued its annual measure of freedom in the world since 1972. For its survey, it looks at everything from freedom of expression to …
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Russia urges energy transit states to use EU alerts

Lavrov said Russia had immediately agreed to the European Union’s request to create the warning system, which was used for the first time last month. …
Reuters

Russia and U.S. to resume arms control talks

"We hope it will happen somewhere in the second half of January," Lavrov said in televised remarks. The new deal will succeed the 1991 Strategic Arms …
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Pravda: Israel supports Russia’s efforts to preserve truth about World War Two

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Report: Russia to lease nuclear submarine to India

"The lease of the Nerpa nuclear submarine to India for 10 years … will take place this summer or autumn," the unidentified official told the …
Reuters

New York Times: Russian dissident’s passion endures despite tests

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Soldier at U.S. base jailed for angry rap song

The infantry soldier, Spc. Marc A. Hall, has been jailed on criminal charges in Georgia, for the past month for a song and other statements that one …
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Georgian Labor Party leader: John McCain helped bring Saakashvili to power

"McCain continues patronizing and lobbying terrorist and dictator Mikheil Saakashvili," Natelashvili said at a news conference on Jan. 11. "With the …
Interfax-Ukraine

Risks and benefits in Turkey’s overtures to Russia

Once Cold War foes, NATO member Turkey and Russia have in recent years deepened their ties by signing a raft of agreements from gas and oil …
Reuters

RIA Novosti: Over 400 criminal cases illegally launched in Russia in 2009

"Last year, on the initiative of prosecutors, investigative bodies annulled 427 illegal resolutions to launch criminal cases," Yury Chaika told the …
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Planned treaty to give Moldova associated membership in EU

Natalia Gherman, deputy minister of foreign affairs and European integration, will represent Moldova at the talks. The EU representative will be …
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