The US secretary of state has ended a visit to Russia with an assurance from the Kremlin that relations between the two countries have been reset, although several divisive questions remain

A European Commission proposal to improve security of gas supplies following last year's price dispute between Russia and Ukraine has inspired 614 amendments from members of the European Parliament.

South Stream and Nabucco, the two competing gas pipeline projects supported by Russia and the EU respectively, should combine efforts in a joint cost-cutting drive, according to Eni, an Italian oil company with a stake in South Stream.

"The chances now seem grim regarding sanctions that will be crippling," Ambassador Gabriela Shalev So says the Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, basing it on the fact that China and Russia are more interested in focusing on diplomacy. This leads to the question of whether these countries, as well as others that oppose sanctions, are really interested in preventing Iran from attaining a nuc...

William Hague says today that by 2015 Britain will no longer be in the top 10 economies. Presumably he is basing it on this. But is it realistic? The IMF forecasts out to 2014, and by that date it has (using current dollars) this order - US, China, Japan, Germany, France, UK, putting us in sixth position - then Italy, Brazil, Russia, India, Canada. The exchange rate assumption then is 1.61 sterlin...

European efforts to reduce greenhouse emissions could be undermined by Russian plans to dramatically increase energy production from coal, Western experts said in Brussels yesterday (9 March).

Countries accused of harbouring criminal computer hackers are victims themselves, the new US cybersecurity policy chief said , suggesting that the US would not take a more confrontational tack against China and Russia

The amendment to do with web blocking and copyright from Tim Clement-Jones and Tim Razzall in the House of Lords has generated much discussion online. Yesterday we ran a piece from Lord Clement-Jones explaining his reasoning: There are websites which consistently infringe copyright, many of them based outside the UK in countries such as Russia and

The memorandum was signed by Gazprom's management committee chairman Alexey Miller and GDF Suez chief Gérard Mestrallet, according to a statement from the companies. The two parties agreed to start discussions on supplying up to 1.5 billion cubic metres of additional gas per year to GDF Suez from 2015. The supplies will be shipped via the planned Nord Stream pip...

A White House delegation arrived in Moscow this week for a round of meetings designed to explore how social media and technology could strengthen ties between the two countries, writes.Matthew Garrahan