March 30 marked the 150th anniversary since Russia sold Alaska to the United States. Check out some interesting facts and gain some insight into what life is like nowadays in Russia's former North American territory in Sputnik’s photo gallery.
Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh dismissed on Wednesday the threat of India cutting oil imports from the country in case it is denied a contract to develop the offshore Farzad B gas field in the Persian Gulf.
Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), strongly condemned Monday's terrorist attack in the St. Petersbug metro and called on the international community to jointly fight against terrorism.
The United Nations Security Council is holding an emergency meeting to disscuss chemical attack in Syria's Idlib.
With the lead-up to the 2018 Football World Cup in Russia soured by widespread fears about Russian football hooligans allegedly going to cause trouble, Sputnik sked Brazilian football aficionados about what they think about this.
At least 300 civilians were killed or wounded since the beginning of the operation of the Iraqi army to liberate western Mosul from Daesh, mayor of the city Hussein Khajem told Sputnik.
Russia and the United States are preparing for a visit of US State Secretary Rex Tillerson to Moscow and coordinating the dates, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Wednesday.
Chinese media has revealed that the new Chinese aircraft carrier will be able to dock 36 Jian-15 fighters [J-15].
All mentions of disputed Gibraltar have been removed from the text of the European Parliament's resolution on the guidelines for negotiations on Brexit adopted on Wednesday, according to the resolution's text, uploaded to the parliament's website.
Russia will increase duty-free oil supplies to Belarus on April 13 only if Minsk pays the balance on the delivered Russian gas, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said Wednesday.
Europe needs to develop common defense strategy aimed at counteracting terrorism which can be defeated only by joint efforts.
Today's world is becoming gradually more Orwellian. Big Brother is watching you virtually everywhere, including the bathroom. An increasing number of Swedish municipalities are keeping an eye on residents' drug habits by taking samples of wastewater.
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) will receive 11 RD-180 rocket engines in 2017 through US-Russian venture RD Amross, with the latter hoping to sell more in the future, RD Amross CEO Michael Baker told Sputnik on the sidelines of the Space Symposium in Colorado.
Daily foreign currency purchases valued at $62.6 million will be carried out on the Russian market from April 7 to May 5, the Russian Finance Ministry said Wednesday.
Close cooperation between special services and prompt data exchange are necessary for effective fight against international terrorism, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday.
Six Central Asian citizens have been detained in St. Petersburg on suspicion of facilitating terrorist activities and recruiting their compatriots into terrorist groups, the Russian Investigative Committee said Wednesday.
US President Donald Trump telephoned Russia’s President Vladimir Putin to express his condolences and offer support for the Russian people in the wake of Monday’s terrorist attack in St. Petersburg that killed 14 people and injured about 50 more.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will sign a new metro transportation safety act two days after a bombing attack in St. Petersburg killed 14 people, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said Wednesday.
The Astana talks on Syrian settlement are important and especially urgent in light of an alleged chemical attack in Idlib, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said Wednesday.
The European Union promises to allocate 560 million euros (almost $600 million) for humanitarian support of Syria, Lebanon and Jordan in 2017, with plans to maintain the same level of financial aid in 2018, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Wednesday.
In late-March, the United States Senate approved Montenegro’s accession to NATO. The alliance and the rest of the member states will still have to sign off for Montenegro to formally join. According to Russian lawmaker Sergei Zheleznyak, the decision is purely poitical and does not make sense in terms of security.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will be represented at the Moscow Security Conference this month at a level of NATO's liaison office, Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said Wednesday.
Iraqi police killed two suicide attackers of the Daesh terrorist group (outlawed in numerous countries) in the city of Tikrit, during an attempted attack on a security forces post, according to an Iraqi Interior Ministry spokesperson.
Russia's Roscosmos is hopeful to keep on cooperating with the United States, the corporation's head told Sputnik.
Oil prices of $60 per barrel will contribute only 1 percentage point to Russia's GDP growth, signifying the economy's low dependence on oil, Governor of the Bank of Russia Elvira Nabiullina said Wednesday.