Russia denies foreign energy bias
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Russia does not discriminate against foreign firms in its pursuit of its energy needs, a senior official has stated.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reiterated on Thursday that his country opposed sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program ahead of a meeting of major powers in London this week.
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The federal agency overseeing Russia's military exports on Friday denied reports that the country is planning to deliver a powerful new anti-aircraft missile system to Iran.
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Russian officials Wednesday shrugged off the decision by embattled oil giant Yukos to file for bankruptcy protection in the US, saying the move was politically motivated.
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Russia's foreign intelligence service has denied poisoning a former spy, the Interfax news agency says.
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Unilateral sanctions will not help solve the Iranian nuclear problem, Russia's foreign minister said Tuesday during his second visit to Tehran in two weeks, according to Russian news reports.
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A top Gazprom executive voiced opposition on Wednesday to foreign ownership of Russian energy reserves, saying it could deprive Russian consumers of much-needed natural gas, news agencies reported.
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Tehran denies Russian claims it is late on payments for work on a nuclear reactor in southern Iran.
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Russia pledged on Friday to ignore a US court order intended to block the looming auction of oil giant Yukosâ key production subsidiary, but a consortium
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Russia&#039;s security council chief said Sunday the Kremlin opposes the use of force against Iran over the country&#039;s nuclear program, state television reported.
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"The U.S. side warned about the political influence Moscow would gain by controlling energy resources in Serbia and the region, and expressed a negative assessment about the economic justification of South Stream"  By Oleg ShchedrovMOSCOW  - Russia won the right on Friday to route a major gas supply route to Europe through its ally Serbia, a move analysts described as marking a Kremlin victory in a "pipeline war" with the European Union.The gas agreement, signed in the Kremlin before President Vladimir Putin and visiting Serbian leaders, alarmed the United States because it increased Moscow's control over energy supplies to Europe and could undermine a rival EU project.Strong Russian opposition to independence for the Serbian province of Kosovo was a key bargaining chip in the agreement for Serbia to join the South Stream gas pipeline. Belgrade also agreed to sell a majority stake in Serbia's oil monopoly NIS to Russian gas giant Gazprom at a favorable price. Read more
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Most voters in five major European countries are wary of Russia as a supplier of their energy needs, according to a poll published Monday.
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Russian Defence Minister rejects allegations that have sparked a crisis in the between Russia and Israel.
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Russia says relations with the UK have not been damaged by the Alexander Litvinenko case.
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&quot;Russia is not the only country that has announced the possibility of using or carrying out preventive strikes. I would like to stress that we did not invent it,&quot; he added, hinting that Moscow was following a US lead.
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MOSCOW, Dec. 17 -- Russia pledged Friday to  ignore a U.S. court ban on the looming auction of oil giant Yukos' key production unit, while a consortium of Western banks reportedly put on hold billions of dollars in credit for the state-run Russian gas company that was expected to buy the unit.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov   said on Wednesday that talk of revising production sharing   agreements or pushing foreigners out of the Russian energy   sector was unfounded, Russian news agencies reported.