1 February: EU High Representative Catherine Ashton Tuesday said she is "extremely worried about the growing harassment and persecution of journalists and internet bloggers in Iran." Ashton repeated the EU call on Iran to introduce a moratorium

1 February: Nearly 50 people including radical opposition leader Eduard Limonov were detained Tuesday in Moscow as they sought to stage a protest asserting the right to freedom of assembly, organisers and police said.(Agence France Presse)

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31 January: US President Barak Obama has praised Georgia's success at institution building during a meeting with President Mikhael Saakashvili in the White House yesterday. Speaking of the future Obama said that "anticipating fair and free elect

31 January: Russia’s energy giant Gazprom exported 150 billion cubic meters of natural gas to Europe in 2011. This is a 8.2% increase year-on-year, but lower than the company’s expectations. (Vedomosti)

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30 January: US President Barack Obama will receive Georgia’s President, Mikheil Saakashvili, on Monday at the White House. (agencies)

30 January: Vladimir Putin's election campaign manager has cast new doubt on the continuance of the ruling tandem by suggesting that President Dmitry Medvedev should do more to support the prime minister's bid to return to the Kremlin.(Moscow Ti