Jaroslaw Kaczynski and the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party are pushing Poland toward the abyss of McCarthyism, political commentator Bohdan Pietka noted, revealing what really lies behind Kaczynski's Russophobic stance.
According to media reports, Qaboun neighborhood in Damascus has been freed from militants and is now under control of Syrian army.
Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin said that oil company welcomes Russian Energy Ministry's actions in the negotiations concerning the Vienna agreements on oil output reduction.
At least 20 people were killed 11 others injured after a bus with tourists headed from Turkish city of Izmir to the resort city of Marmaris with 42 people on board, when the driver lost control and the bus overturned, according to local media.
The Russian-Egyptian deal on the sale of Ka-52K attack helicopters has reportedly reached the final stretch. Talks on the price of the choppers, to be used aboard Egypt's Mistral amphibious assault ships, are expected to begin later this month. Military expert Alexander Sitnikov explains how Russia ended up winning on the Mistral deal after all.
According to the press service of the company, IT system of Russian state railway company Russian Railways was targeted by a virus, which has already been localized, and the company operates as usual.
Ukrainians will be quickly disappointed in their country's visa-free regime with the EU after they face a wide array of problems upon entering the bloc, Kiev-based political analyst Mikhail Pogrebinsky told Sputnik.
China and Pakistan signed a total of six Memorandums of Understanding related to cooperation within the framework of the Silk Road Economic Belt and Maritime Silk Road, as well as to cooperation on a number of projects, such as Gwadar port and East Bay expressway and Havelian Dry Port and ML1 Karachi-Peshawar railway project.
Struggling against Euroscepticism in Western Europe, the EU is seeking to reinvent itself with expansion to the East that threatens the stability of the Balkans, analyst Igor Pshenichnikov warns.
Some 30 couples paraded through Aleppo, clad in white dresses and military uniforms, before making their vows on Friday, May 12, 2017.
In an interview with Sputnik, Russian military expert Vladimir Kozin warned of the serious consequences Montenegro will face as member of NATO.
On May 13, Russia's Black Sea Fleet celebrates its birthday.
Russian banks repelled a wave of cyberattacks and their resources were not compromised.
By May 22, Russia, Turkey, and Iran, the guarantors of the Syrian ceasefire, have to complete the final geographic division of the four safe zones in Syria, also referred to as "de-escalation zones". Sputnik has delved into the details of the suggested plan and its difference from the similar initiatives of the US and Turkey.
At least two civilians were killed and two more wounded in a Saturday's blast that hit the Afghan capital.
Reporters from Greek state and private media outlets are expected to hold a 24-hour strike protesting against new austerity measures, a Sputnik correspondent reported Saturday.
The lingering brouhaha over former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn's relationship with Russia received a second life after former acting Attorney General Sally Yates testified in Congress.
The global head of PR and communications of the Reuters news agency told Sputnik that she would not comment on a possibility of covering the position of the RT news outlet after the demand of the broadcaster to publish a retraction of the agency's article, in which unnamed sources said about Russia's alleged impact on the French election.
The US new trade deal with China is a "huge win" for US credit card companies and other service exporters, but efforts to enter the Chinese LNG market are likely to end in failure.
Palestine welcomes any cooperation between Russia and the United States aimed at restoring the Middle East peace process and facilitating direct talks between Israel and Palestine, Palestinian Deputy Prime Minister Ziad Abu Amr told Sputnik.
With a referendum on the independence of Iraqi Kurdistan due in October-November 2017, Russian experts continue to comment on the possible emergence of a new independent state in the Middle East.
Iranians go to the polls next week in deciding whether to allow incumbent President Rouhani to continue for another term or to replace the reformist leader with a principlist figure.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov paid a reciprocal visit to DC to meet with his US counterpart Rex Tillerson in order to pave the way for President Putin's future meeting with Trump.
This baby hippo is named Fiona and she's a resident of the Cincinnati Zoo; watch her learn how to move in the water before handlers decide to move her to the outside enclosure.
A group of activists rallied in the Scottish capital protesting in solidarity with Palestinians in Israeli jails, who have been on a hunger strike for almost four weeks.