Iran and the P-5+1 group have finished talks about Iran's nuclear program after two days of meeting in Kazakhstan, Trend reported Feb. 27, citing Press TV.

Ukrainian authorities have reached an understanding with regional councils in Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk regarding a production-sharing agreement with Chevron on the development of shale gas in the Oleske field, Interfax-Ukraine reported Feb. 26.

A six-member group from Rospotrebnadzor, a Russian supervisory agency for consumer goods, will begin inspecting Georgian companies Feb. 26, Interpress News reported, citing the head of Georgia's national wine agency.

Ukraine has signed a memorandum of understanding with the European Union for a 610 million euro ($811 million) loan from Brussels to Kiev, RIA Novosti reported Feb. 25, citing Ukraine's UNIAN news agency.

Russian state-owned company Rosneft may increase oil supplies to China by more than 9 million metric tons, Deputy Prime Minister Arkadi Dvorkovich said Feb. 25, RIA Novosti reported.

Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania plan to complete the process of creating a joint peacekeeping brigade in 2013, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said, Interfax-Ukraine reported Feb. 21.

Three Ukrainian oil workers being held captive by militants off the coast of Nigeria's Bayelsa state since Feb. 17 were released Feb. 20, according to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Ukraine's 5 Kanal TV reported

Russia's Gazprom Neft has signed a new oil agreement with the Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani said Feb. 19, Reuters reported, citing Interfax news agency.