Berlin Still Deliberating Response to Siemens Turbine Deliveries to Crimea
Berlin is yet to decide on the response to the deliveries of Siemens turbines to Crimea, German deputy government spokeswoman Ulrike Demmer said at a briefing Monday.
Berlin is yet to decide on the response to the deliveries of Siemens turbines to Crimea, German deputy government spokeswoman Ulrike Demmer said at a briefing Monday.
Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said Monday that Moscow is open to the monitoring of the country's oil export.
To compete and counter China’s maritime influence in its backyard, India’s Goa Shipyard has delivered an advanced offshore patrol vessel (AOPV) to Sri Lanka, which is considered to be the biggest warship of the small island nation, a critical partner of India in the Indian Ocean.
An operation to "block and destroy" a group of Daesh militants northwest of Syria's ancient city of Palmyra is currently underway, the representative of the Russian military said on Monday.
The postwar reconstruction of Syria is an attractive project for Chinese firms, which would like to see a stable Syria play a key role in the "One Belt, One Road" economic initiative.
FIFA announced that the analyses of all doping tests conducted for the FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017 have yielded negative results, according to official statement.
India’s Ministry of Defense has asked six foreign shipbuilders to respond to the Indian Navy’s long-delayed Project 75 India (P-75I) program, which is worth over $7.8 billion.
While the US leadership adopts a somewhat contradictory stance on the ongoing Qatari diplomatic crisis, it remains unclear whether it’s a calculated approach or merely the result of a lack of understanding of the situation in the Middle East.
The US-led coalition air forces launched seven strikes against the Daesh targets near the Syrian city of Raqqa, according to the Operation Inherent Resolve.
Russia has informed the United States, Jordan and Israel ahead of deploying two checkpoints and 10 observation points along the so-called contact line in Syria, the Russian military said Monday.
The UK government approved US$370 million (£283 million) in arms sales to Saudi Arabia in the six months after the infamous October 2016 airstrike on a funeral hall in Yemen, which killed 140 and injured hundreds. An arms trade campaigner has told Sputnik it's unlikely the UK will face repercussions internationally.
A Swedish man has reported YouTube, Spotify and record company Arista Records to Sweden's National Board for Consumer Disputes (ARN) for plagiarism. The man claims deceased American pop diva Whitney Houston sneakily used his name without permission.
Lithuania’s claims on the reasonability of deployment of the Patriot missile systems in the Baltic region evidence its intention to escalate the tensions in the region and near Russia’s borders, the director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's department for arms control, Mikhail Ulyanov, told Sputnik on Thursday.
The conflict between Turkey and Germany seems to be deepening, with each party voicing pretensions toward each other. RIA Novosti contributor Gevorg Mirzayan meanwhile explains how Moscow might use the dispute to its own advantage.
During Discovery Channel’s Shark Week, Phelps participated in a special event attempting to race against one of the fastest and most efficient predators on the planet – the Great White shark.
Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the Russian General Staff Col. Gen. Sergei Rudskoy said that there were 1.5 times fewer ceasefire violations in Syria in the three weeks of July as compared with the same period in June.
Over the past two months the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out at least 2,000 sorties and 5,850 airstrikes on terrorists in Syria, the chief of the Russian General Staff said Monday.
President Donald Trump commissioned the US Navy's newest aircraft carrier at the weekend but it will not be ready for service for another four years. The USS Gerald R. Ford was delivered almost three years behind schedule and needs large amounts of work before it is even capable of full sea trials.
Using high technologies is of paramount importance to the creation of an effective and combat-capable navy, a Russian military expert told Sputnik; according to him, a comprehensive approach is needed, rather than a focus on any particular kind of force, such as submarines or surface ships.
The Syrian Arab Army has restored control over 150km of border with Iraq, lowering Daesh capabilities in movement of militants and arms, the chief of the Russian General Staff said on Monday.
Brussels is preparing to retaliate "within days" if Washington adopts new sanctions against Russia without taking EU interests into account, according to a memo obtained by The Financial Times. Commenting on this unprecedented demarche, political scientist Vladimir Shapovalov said that the US seems intent on destroying its own anti-Russia bloc.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov commented on Monday on the Ukrainian military's claims of Russian reinforcements near its borders.
Serbia is keen to become a transit country for natural gas supplies to Europe via the Turkish Stream pipeline project, energy expert Jelica Putnikovic told Sputnik Srbija.
In yet another beautiful diplomatic blunder on his two-day visit to New Zealand, UK Foreign Minister Boris Johnson likened the traditional Maori greeting to a headbutt, saying it could be "misinterpreted if used in a pub in Glasgow."
The OPEC-non-OPEC Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC) recommended Monday maintaining the extension of oil production cuts beyond the first quarter of 2018 as an option if further market stabilization was needed.