Ukraine's Ministry of Justice plans to start the seizure of Gazprom's foreign assets this autumn. According to Ukraine's Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko, in this way Kiev wants to charge back the fine that was previously imposed on the Russian energy giant by the Ukrainian Anti-Monopoly Committee.
Moscow considers that statements of Nils Muiznieks, the human rights commissioner of the Council of Europe, who said that Russia's legislature on non-profit organizations contradicts the international law, are unfounded, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday.
The US military is supporting Yemeni Troops in their operation against fighters from the al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) terror group (banned in Russia), US Department of Defense spokesperson Capt. Jeff Davis said in a briefing on Friday.
The US State Department has demanded that all US citizens located in North Korea must exit the country before September 1. In an interview with Radio Sputnik, political analyst Sergei Zhuravsky said that by doing so the US is trying to demonstrate its determination to act harshly.
According to a Pentagon spokesperson, the department has no updates on the status of military attaches in Russia.
The newly-elected National Constituent Assembly, which is expected to prepare changes to the constitution and the country's governance system, began work on Friday in Venezuelan capital, Caracas, according to Venezuela's state television.
The much-praised American political system has crapped out with Congress gaining the upper hand over the president in foreign policy matters, Israeli political analyst Avigdor Eskin writes for RIA Novosti, adding that due to the open sabotage from Congress and the intelligence community, Donald Trump is unable to deliver on his election promises.
Moscow reserves the right to respond to EU anti-Russia sanctions extension over the Siemens turbines scandal, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Friday.
Russia may impose a number of restrictions on the Siemens company's activities at the Russian market as a retaliatory measure to the new anti-Moscow sanctions, introduced by the European Union over the alleged transfer of Siemens turbines to Crimea, a senior Russian lawmaker told Sputnik Friday.
German politicians will voice their opposition to the newly introduced US sanctions against Russia, however they are unlikely to make any decisive steps to change the situation, political analyst Alexander Rahr told Sputnik.
A group of 24 members of the Regional Council of Veneto, a region in Italy, launched an initiative of lifting anti-Russia sanctions that adversely affect the region's economy and submitted a respective resolution for consideration of the Regional Council.
Moscow won't make concessions to Washington after the signing of the anti-Russia sanctions bill into law, First Deputy Chairman of Russia's Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security Frants Klintsevich said Friday.
Contrary to India's desire, France has not made any commitment for before-the-schedule delivery of the first batch of Rafale fighter jets for the Indian Air Force.
Sixteen US attorneys general filed an amicus brief opposing Donald Trump's latest appeal to the court order in the ongoing travel ban case.
The husband of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark has thrown a hissy fit and is refusing to be buried next to her. Prince Henrik, who is 83, has been nursing a grudge for half a century about his status and always wanted to be known as the King.
A warrior, unearthed by archaeologists in the Russian city of Omsk, is ready for a battle with an unknown enemy for almost 3,000 years. Though he is a mere skeleton of his former self, he still holds tightly a dagger and a knife in his hands, and there is a battle axe lying next to him.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has slammed the recently adopted US sanctions against Tehran. According to the ministry’s spokesperson, Iran sees Washington’s move as direct violation of the nuclear deal, which will affect the accord’s successful implementation.
United Nations human rights investigators have warned of ethnic cleansing in central Congo, documenting the killings of over 250 people, including 62 children, in violence with "no good guys and bad guys."
US forces including ten A-10 close-air-support Warthogs, a MC-130J transport plane and 270 airmen have begun a 16-day deployment to Estonia, the Department of Defense said in a press release on Friday.
The Spanish Foreign Ministry said Friday that it considers the attack on the country’s embassy in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas insignificant amid long-lasting protests against Venezuela's government and the recently elected Constituent Assembly.
The Hamilton 68 dashboard, launched on Wednesday by the US-funded German Marshall Fund’s (GMF) Alliance for Securing Democracy with the aim to track alleged Russia-supported "propaganda" on Twitter, is welcomed among social media activists as a source of a "good laugh," experts told Sputnik on Friday.
The assassination of President John F Kennedy in 1963 was a seminal event in modern American history. Yet 54 years on, the official US state continues covering up the shocking truth about the killing of one of its most popular leaders.
The Vatican called on the Venezuelan government to refrain from convening the Constituent Assembly as it was escalating the crisis in the Latin American country, the Holy See Press Office said Friday.
The Department of Justice has since January charged four people with disclosing classified information or concealing contacts with federal officers, US Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a news conference on Friday.
According to the pentagon, defense contractor Leidos has received more than $7-million contract to provide hardware for the US Navy's surface ship undersea warfare combat system.