Russia’s customs union with Belarus and Kazakhstan may provide a loophole that will allow Georgian goods to enter Russia for the first time since an embargo was imposed in 2006, Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili said.

• 25 March 2010

two most powerful emerging market economies should help each other increase their weight in global affairs. China and Russia say their trade and political relations are better than ever, though senior Russian officials are privately concerned about an

• 24 March 2010

By Sandra KalnieteWhile Russia has always played a significant role in Europe, relations took a new dimension after European Union expansion. Not only because the EU's border extended substantially eastward, but also because the 10 new member states have

• 18 March 2010

It's no secret that Eastern European crime syndicates operate throughout the West. Deutsche Welle asked one of Germany's leading mafia experts, Juergen Roth, how big the problem is and what, if anything, can be done.

• 17 March 2010

At the end of December 1999, as the world prepared to usher in a new Millennium, in Europe and other parts of the planet, there was widespread concern that the so called “Millennium Bug” would strike, causing unforeseen disruption and havoc. Ten years on, in December of last year, for many in Europe, the Millennium Bug was just a shade in the memory as a far more ominous concern was pressing home – the prospect of another gas crisis. Although the fact that the Russia-Ukraine gas dispute of January 2009 – and its knock-on effect of leaving much of Europe without natural gas in the peak of winter – did not repeat itself during the record cold European temperatures of January this year, the very fact that European attention has become so focused on this theme demonstrates how geopolitical developments in the European hinterlands have come to impact the day-to-day livelihood of all Europeans

• 16 March 2010

By Polya Lesova, MarketWatch FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) -- Ukraine's credit spreads rallied on Friday, indicating a declining probability of default, after the formation of a new governing coalition brought much-needed political stability and prompted a

• 12 March 2010

The European Court of Human Rights is set to rule on a $98 billion claim against Russia by bankrupt oil company Yukos. Former executives say the company was broken up illegally by the Kremlin.

• 5 March 2010

В конце декабря 1999 года, когда весь мир готовился к приходу нового тысячелетия, в Европе и других уголках планеты, распространялось опасение, что разразится так называемый «компьютерный сбой тысячелетия» («Проблема 2000 года»), последствия которого будут страшными и непредсказуемыми. Но уже через десять лет, в декабре прошлого 2009 года для многих в Европе, «Компьютерный сбой тысячелетия» стал лишь отдаленным воспоминанием на фоне другой, куда более актуальной проблемы, надвигавшейся на Европу - вероятности нового газового кризиса. Несмотря на то, что российско-украинский газовый цейтнот в январе 2009, вследствие которого большая часть территории Европы осталась без газа в самый разгар зимы, не повторился во время рекордно холодного января в Европе в нынешнем, 2010 году, сам факт того, что в настоящее время Европа уделяет особое внимание данному вопросу, служит лишним доказательством того, какое серьезное воздействие оказали геополитические события на прилегающих к Европе территориях на будничную жизнь всего европейского населения.

• 20 February 2010