March 23, 2009. Brussels, The European Commission`s president, José Manuel Barroso (r) , called on Ukraine to overcome the political struggle between President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko (c) and Prime-Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko (l)
 

March 11, 2009. Russia and Hungary will set up a joint venture to build the Hungarian stretch of the South Stream gas pipeline. Pictured: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (r) meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany (l) to for sign an inter-governmental agreement in Kremlin
 

March 04, 2009. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (l) and Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero at the Russia-Spain talks in Madrid
 

March 04, 2009. Former CEO of Yukos oil company Mikhail Khodorkovsky (l) in the Khamovnichesky Court of Moscow, for preliminary hearing in a new trial on theft and money-laundering charges. The former head of Yukos is accused of embezzling 900bn roubles ($24.9bn) and could spend 15 more years in prison if convicted
 

March 03, 2009. Former CEO of Yukos oil company Mikhail Khodorkovsky (l) in the Khamovnichesky Court of Moscow, for a first, preliminary hearing in a new trial on theft and money-laundering charges. The former head of Yukos is accused of embezzling 900bn roubles ($24.9bn) and could spend 15 more years in prison if convicted
 

March 03, 2009. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev meets with Spanish Royal Family in Madrid .Pictured: Queen Sofia (r) and wife of russian president Svetlana Medvedeva (l) at the Zarzuela palace, the official residence of the King and Queen of Spain
 

March 03, 2009. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev meets with Spanish Royal Family in Madrid .Pictured: Princess Letizia, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Spanish King Juan Carlos I, Queen Sofia, Svetlana Medvedev and Prince Felipe of Asturias, heir apparent to the throne, meeting at the Zarzuela palace, the official residence of the King and Queen of Spain
 

March 03, 2009. Italian President Giorgio Napolitano (r) presenting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (l) with a symbolic key at the ceremony of handing over to Russia of the architectural complex The Russian Orthodox Church Metochion
 

February 27, 2009. Montenegro President Filip Vujanovic visits Moscow. Pictured: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (r) at the meeting with Montenegro President Filip Vujanovic (c) and Minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Montenegro Milan Rocen (l) in Kremlin
 

February 27, 2009. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the government meeting in Moscow
 

February 26, 2009. Prime Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin at Presidential Council meeting in Moscow discussing implementation of National Priority Projects and Demographic Policy of Russia
 

February 26, 2009. President of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh (l) at the meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Kremlin
 

February 25, 2009. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (l) and President of Tajikistan Emomali Rakhmon (r), taking a walk at the state residence Rus in Zavidovo of Tver region
 

February 20, 2009. EU High Representative Javier Solana visits Belarus. According to Javier Solana, the European Union policy on Belarus remains two-pronged: we have put in place restrictive measures targeted at individuals responsible for electoral misconduct and abuse, but we are also open to engaging with a broad range of counterparts, from civil society to the authorities. The Union has sent a clear message that it would be ready to extend to Belarus all the benefits of the European Neighborhood Policy. Pictured: Javier Solana in Minsk
 

February 19, 2009. Anna Politkovskaya trial: accused men found not guilty. Two Chechen brothers, Dzhabrail and Ibragim Makhmudov, and a former Moscow policeman, Sergei Khadzhikurbanov accused of helping to organise the murder of the Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya were today acquitted by a court in Moscow. Pictured: two Chechen brothers, Dzhabrail and Ibragim Makhmudov at the Moscow court