The Republic of Karelia is a popular destination not only for traditional tourism and recreation, but also for pilgrimages, too. One can find many monasteries and holy places here in this peaceful land of swamps and forests. Among the pilgrims, Karelia is considered a place you should definitely visit.
The video shows a passenger train making its first journey through the city of Aleppo for the first time in four and a half years. The war had left the railway service disrupted. However, as the city is returning to normal life, the train carried its first passengers through the newly liberated Aleppo.
China is doing utmost to cooperate with Russia and the United States on addressing acute global issues, spokeswoman of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hua Chunying, said Thursday.
George Soros's worst nightmare is about to become a reality in a key European country – France.
US “First Daughter” Ivanka Trump who suffers from aviophobia said that the SkyGuru app developed in Russia has helped her overcome her fear of flying.
The Damascus Platform opposition group cautioned against the danger of the armed opposition concentrating power to influence the talks on Syrian crisis settlement after Astana negotiations, spokesman of the Damascus Platform opposition group Tarek Ahmad told Sputnik.
Heavy snowfall and an avalanche have brought life in Kashmir to a standstill. The continuing snowfall and avalanches are also taking a heavy toll on lives, including those of Indian soldiers.
The Japanese share in costs spent on US military presence in the Asian country exceeded 80 percent in 2015, Defense Minister Tomomi Inada said.
Alexander Kadakin first came to India as a Foreign Service officer in 1972, and he breathed his last breath on a soil he said he had given half his heart.
The UK's Secretary of State for Exiting the EU David Davis submitted a bill to parliament on the Brexit launch, followed by the bill's publication on the parliamentary website.
India's strategic pact with UAE marks yet another milestone as it aspires to become a more active player in West Asia.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday that Tokyo could negotiate a bilateral free trade agreement with the United States after US President Donald Trump's decision on the US' withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal, the NHK broadcaster reported.
With the onset of 2017, the Russian word “Kompromat” has become popular in France where local media are busily emulating the method of manipulating public opinion, which Russian intelligence organizations allegedly go for. Sputnik offers a shortlist of scandals unfolding around the frontrunners in the ongoing presidential campaign.
The opening of the new "Berlin-Brandenburg" airport has been postponed again for at least one year. The reason is as unusual as it sounds: the airport won't open because of the failure of its automatic doors in the main terminal.
The Pentagon's massive deployment to Eastern Europe and the Baltics, which has seen the US send approximately 4,000 troops and military equipment to the region, "ratchets up tensions" and increases confrontation with Russia, security analyst Charles Shoebridge, a former counterterrorism officer at the British Army, told Radio Sputnik.
The Ukrainian government is underfunding the military which deprives the army of new equipment, the country's Ukroboronprom defense industry association said Thursday.
A clinic in London, well known among survivors of female genital mutilation (FGM) for offering psychological support and reversal surgery, is to close down in what campaigners say is a "betrayal to women."
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini held her first meeting with Lebanon’s President and Prime Minister in Beirut.
At least one person was killed on Thursday in an explosion that took place at a thermal power station in Russia's city of Penza and resulted in partial collapse of the building, a source with the emergencies services told Sputnik.
The Belgian right-wing People's Party will be striving for the relief of EU sanctions against Russia despite the fact that the parliament rejected a resolution calling on the government to initiate the lifting of sanctions, resolution author Aldo Carcaci said.
The Nordic nation of Iceland has gone from relative obscurity to international fame, following dramatic volcano eruptions and its national football team exploits that made international headlines. Never before have so many tourists flocked to Iceland, and the booming tourism industry is helping the country overcome an economic crisis.
Sputnik has obtained a document of the draft Syrian constitution proposed by the Russian delegation during the Astana talks.
The number of people killed as a result of the mid-January crash of a Turkish cargo aircraft into homes near Kyrgyzstan’s capital has exceeded 40, the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) said Thursday.
Austrian law enforcement agencies on Thursday detained more than 10 people in an anti-terror operation held across the country, local media reported.
Millions of Syria's refugees should be able to take part in a future election as part of the settlement process, UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said Thursday.