Poland has rejected current U.S. terms for hosting elements of its missile defense shield looking for better terms. Political analyst from the Institute of World Economy and International Relations Irina Kobrinskaya says Poland is gainful like never before.

Gas talks are high on the agenda as the Russian president travels through Central Asia. Vice president of equity strategy at RenCap, Tom Mundy, says Europe hopes to diversify gas supplies with an alternative to the Nabucco pipeline.

Poland has refused to station 10 interceptor missiles as part of a U.S. plan to deploy an ABM shield in Eastern Europe. The Head of Russia's State Duma Foreign Affairs Committee, Konstantin Kosachev, says this is not the final stage.

South Ossetia says it will move heavy weapons into the conflict zone with Georgia, if attacks on the republic from Georgian side do not stop. Sergey Arutyonov, Head of the Caucasian Studies Centre, hopes Russia will withdraw from military ops.

The first round of Russia - EU talks on a new strategic pact, covering energy and trade, starts today in Brussels. Researcher Nikolay Kaveshnikov, from the Institute of Europe at the Russian Academy of Sciences, discusses what to expect.

Tensions are rising in Georgia and South Ossetia after residential areas of the breakaway republic’s capital came under fire. Viktor Mizin of the Institute for Strategic Assessments told RT that Georgia must be more open.