Geopolitics
Moscow/Sputnik: Chinese officials are ready to maintain close contact with their Russian counterparts over COVID-19 vaccine cooperation, the Chinese Foreign Ministry told Sputnik on Wednesday. more
Justin Trudeau calls for release of Navalny, peaceful protesters

Toronto/Sputnik: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling for the immediate release of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny who was handed a three-and-a-half-year prison term ...

Navalny's spokeswoman placed under house arrest: Court Spokesperson

Moscow/Sputnik: A Moscow court has placed Kira Yarmysh, the spokeswoman of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny, under house arrest for violating sanitary regulations at the unauthori ...

Moscow Police starts pushing away protesters near Matrosskaya Tishina Detention Center

Moscow/Sputnik: The Moscow police have started pushing away participants of the unauthorized protest at the streets surrounding the Matrosskaya Tishina detention facility in the city' ...

UN rights office ‘deeply troubled’ by Russian activist Aleksei Navalny’s arrest

New York: The UN human rights office (OHCHR) have raised alarm over the arrest of Russian opposition activist Aleksei Navalny and called for his immediate release.  The office said i ...

Russia sends 300 more troops to Syria’s Al-Hasakah to reinforce observation posts-military

Moscow/Sputnik: Additional units of Russian military police, about 300 servicemen in total, are being deployed to Syria’s northeastern Al-Hasakah province in order to reinforce join ...

Biggest challenge for US national security is the increasing aggression of Russia and China: US Official

Wasington: US Defense Secretary Mark Esper has said the biggest challenge for US national security is the increasing aggression of Russia and China.

Microsoft claims Russian hackers targeted Biden's campaign advisory firm: Reports

Moscow/Sputnik: US tech giant Microsoft believes that a company consulting the campaign of US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden was allegedly targeted by Russian state-backed ha ...

Alleged poisoning of Russian opposition leader a ‘grave concern’, says chemical weapons watchdog

New York: The allegation that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned by a Cold War-era nerve agent is “a matter of grave concern”, the head of the UN-backed Org ...

Twitter says it removed over 32,000 Chinese, Russian, Turkish accounts linked to govt propaganda

New York: Micro-blogging site Twitter on Friday announced it has suspended over 32,000 accounts from its platform following an investigation that found ties to state-run propaganda and di ...