Armenian presidential candidate Paruyr Hayrikyan will not ask the Constitutional Court to push back elections for two weeks, Hayrikyan's attorney said Feb. 5, Armenpress reported.

Lithuania will not offer any concessions to Russian natural gas firm Gazprom as the country seeks a lower price on purchases of natural gas, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius said Feb. 1, The Baltic Course reported Feb. 4.

The Russian Foreign Ministry on Feb. 1 denied reports that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov would meet with U.S., U.N. and Syrian opposition officials in Munich on Feb. 2, RIA Novosti reported.

Senior officials from the United States, Russia, the United Nations and Syria's opposition will meet in Munich on Feb. 2 to discuss the political transition in Syria, Syrian opposition sources said, Voice of Russia reported Feb. 1.

Paruyr Hayrikyan, an Armenia presidential candidate, was shot in the chest while near his house in central Yerevan on Jan. 31, RT reported.

Russia has offered assurances that it will assist in any EU bailout of Cyprus, Cypriot President Demetris Christofias said Jan. 30, Reuters reported.

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich will visit Turkmenistan in February to discuss the resumption of direct gas supplies, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara said Jan. 29, Itar-Tass reported.