Olympic Ban Part of Western Policy to Contain Russia – French Politician
On December 5, the Russian Olympic Committee, according to a decision made by the IOC Executive Committee, was disqualified for the duration of the Olympics Games 2018.
On December 5, the Russian Olympic Committee, according to a decision made by the IOC Executive Committee, was disqualified for the duration of the Olympics Games 2018.
Russia's incumbent president has declared his intention to seek re-election for a second consecutive term in the country's upcoming 2018 election.
Russia's incumbent president has declared his intention to seek re-election for a second consecutive term in the country's upcoming 2018 election.
The International Olympic Committee decided to bar Team Russia from participating in the 2018 Winter Olympics, prompting a number of prominent individuals to publicly express their doubts about this move.
President Putin has provided new details on his father's wartime service during a speech at the Russian Volunteer-2017 ceremony on Wednesday.
On this week's show John is joined by writer and broadcaster Eugene Puryear to discuss where the anti-globalization movement is now; as stories of worker exploitation in multinational companies such as Amazon and Walmart continue to make headlines...
The expected announcement by US President Donald Trump to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem could well be the easiest part of the entire exercise - Dr. Julian Richards, of the Center for Security and Intelligence Studies at the University of Buckingham, told Sputnik that the building could become a "magnet" for terrorist attacks.
Moscow hopes that Konstantin Yaroshenko, who has been locked up in the US since 2011 for allegedly planning to bring cocaine to America, will be sent to Russia for humanitarian reasons.
Reports about an upcoming major reshuffle in the White House have been circulating in the media over the past months fueled by the strained relationship between US State Secretary Tillerson and President Trump.
Sometimes an ordinary instrument for writing can be used as a last-ditch argument during a discussion, especially one related to an increase in welfare benefits.
To mark the 100-year anniversary of Finland's independence, a whole mountain in the country's far north has been lit in the country's blue-and-white colors, becoming the world's largest light installation. This picturesque occurrence is only part of a picturesque celebration across the globe, with more highlights to follow.
YouTube's decision to hire 10,000 staff to monitor violent extremism on its video sharing platform is not the way to go, Dr. Gilbert Ramsay, author and lecturer in International Relations at the Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV), told Sputnik.
Presidential elections will be held in Russia in 2018. Incumbent Russian President Vladimir Putin has not yet announced whether he will register as a candidate.
The workshop was found with the help of local residents in Aleppo's Sahur neighborhood, in an area which served as a jihadist stronghold prior to Syrian forces' dramatic operation to liberate the city from the terrorists last year.
The largest US art museum has refused to take down a painting that allegedly romanticizes "the objectification of children," according to a petition brought forward by a concerned citizen.
Efforts by a Philippine agency to combat drug trafficking will be supported by the country's law enforcement officers, in a sign that the government is seeking to reinforce its anti-drug campaign.
Despite repeated past promises to the contrary, the UK's Brexit Secretary had admitted his office's 58 studies on the effects of leaving the European Union actually don't exist. Moreover, the Secretary claimed to have only read two chapters of an 850-page analysis his own office produced, saying "some of it wasn’t very good."
The wooden car was constructed by a carpenter and his son at a make-shift garage in India’s northern state of Punjab and has been turning heads ever since the duo drove it on the streets at 75 miles per hour.
The abandoned Pontiac Silverdome stadium in Michigan, US, which was home to the Detroit Lions from 1975 to 2001, was supposed to be demolished on Sunday morning, but it didn’t happen – the tough stadium defied the implosion.
US President Donald Trump is expected on Wednesday to declare formal recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and to announce the US embassy will move there from Tel Aviv. Sputnik takes a look at the ancient city, which is considered a holy place by three major monotheistic religions, and which has again come under the world’s spotlight.
The scale of the drugs culture within British prisons has been exposed in a damning new report that found inmates repeatedly under the influence of illegal substances.
The move casts doubt on the future of the Gulf Cooperation Council amid the on-going Qatar crisis.
On Tuesday, the IOC Executive Board suspended the Russian National Olympic Committee over the alleged "systematic manipulation" of the anti-doping system. Selected Russian athletes will compete in the 2018 Winter Games under the Olympic Flag. The Russian Foreign Ministry considers this act to be a part of the worldwide anti-Russian propaganda.
Despite Leprosy being declared completely curable, India that shares 70 percent of the global Leprosy burden has almost 119 archaic laws that allow physical and social isolation of those affected by the disease.
In a surprising discovery, British doctors found that an unidentified man suffers from a rare form of sleepwalking, where he tries to forcefully have sex with his partners.