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Russian prime minister to meet senior EU officials. Vladimir Putin, Russia's prime minister, is to ask the European Union's most senior officials to scrap visa requirements...

Tariff agreement paves way for trade support but there are differences over foreign policy and lifting of visas. Russia's bid to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) will...

Russia wants the EU to commit itself to a schedule for the lifting of visa requirements between the two sides at next week's summit in Rostov-on-Don (31 May-1 June)....

... as drawn on Russian maps. Vladimir Chizhov, Russia's ambassador to the EU, is not impressed by European complaints that the location of this week's EU-Russia summit is...

This week's summits with China and Russia will demonstrate to EU leaders how healthy the centralised nation state still is. The demise of the centralised nation state – in...

Russian president wants to abandon energy treaty will also suggest new security architecture. Dmitry Medvedev, the president of Russia, will present European Union leaders...

Russia promises a “harsh” response after diplomats are expelled for suspected espionage. Dmitry Rogozin, Russia's ambassador to NATO, has threatened a “harsh and...

Ten commissioners head for Moscow with a packed agenda but no prospect of swift progress. European Commission President José Manuel Barroso and nine of his fellow...

Ahead of high-level EU-Russia meeting, Russia's EU ambassador says international energy treaty needs revision or replacement. The Energy Charter Treaty that governs the...

Technical meetings will be followed by start of full talks on 2 December. Russia and the European Union will resume talks on a strategic partnership agreement on 2 December...

Russian envoy believes talks should resume this month, expects EU monitors not to be allowed to enter South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The Russian ambassador to the EU,...

EU leaders postpone talks with Russia; Russia told to respect ceasefire agreement. The European Union reached unanimous agreement during its emergency summit in Brussels on...

Russian ambassador says Russia has already implemented ceasefire agreement brokered by the EU. Vladimir Chizhov, the Russian ambassador to the European Union, believes...

Optimism about an understanding on energy voiced on the first day of talks on a new framework agreement. Negotiators representing the EU and Russia said on 4 July that...

Russian ambassador warns EU against being held “hostage” to Lithuania's energy concerns and highlights challenges of energy diversification for EU. Russia's ambassador...

The EU seeks alternative fuel routes to Europe bypassing Russian-controlled gas pipelines. Toby Vogel reports. Almost one-third of the EU's imports of natural gas and crude...

The stereotypical Russian diplomat is an older fellow with a brooding mind and a booming voice which he often uses to say “nyet”, and is perhaps not the most socially...

Officials from Russia and the EU are trying to keep expectations low ahead of their summit in Mafra, Portugal, on Friday (26 October). Both sides seem to agree that little of...

The EU could be supervising the governance of an independent Kosovo before the end of summer, according to the time-frame being prepared by diplomats for the final status of...

European doubts about Russia's reliability as a supplier of energy are to loom large over a visit to Moscow by German Chancellor Angela Merkel in ten days' time. Merkel is to...