A haunting video filmed in Southern Russia’s Republic of Kalmykia shows thousands of dead fish decomposing on the banks of a water reservoir. The region suffered from a serious drought this summer. The footage, depicting the apparent aftermath of an environmental disaster, was published on Saturday by a local resident. It shows a water reservoir, the coast of which is covered with glistening fish bodies and […]
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Using foreign military hardware is nothing new for the Ukrainian Army, where US-made weaponry, including patrol vehicles, fast boats, and Javelin anti-tank missiles are currently in service. Senior Ukrainian presidential aide Andriy Yermak said on Friday that the UK had expressed readiness to provide the country with a hefty lethal weapons contract, in addition to a £1 billion ($1.2 billion) loan to the Ukrainian Navy. The […]
Clashes have erupted in Berlin on Germany’s Reunification Day, after Antifa activists tried to block the way of a far-right march. The left-wing protesters attempted to stage sit-ins and pelted police with projectiles. Germany is celebrating its 30th Unity Day, marking the reunification of the country that was divided for over 40 years. On 3 October 1990, the eastern socialist German Democratic Republic (GDR) was disbanded […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/09/1080405603_0:76:3064:1800_1200x675_80_0_0_f97e548769b3a6a553491898ac27db8f.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202009121080439810-russian-health-minister-says-countrys-regions-to-receive-covid-19-vaccine-by-monday/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The first small batches of the Russian vaccine against the coronavirus were sent to all regions on the country, and they are expected to arrive before Monday, Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said on Saturday. “The first batches of the vaccine to test the supply chain have already been sent .. to all regions … The first […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Max Gorbachev. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202009061080381823-natanz-blast-iran-identifies-forces-responsible-for-sabotage-at-countrys-largest-nuclear-site/ Iranian officials previously said that a fire and explosion on 2 July at the country’s largest uranium enrichment facility was the result of sabotage and vowed to respond if it finds evidence that foreign forces were involved in it. Tehran has identified those behind the blast and fire at the Natanz nuclear facility, said spokesperson for Iran’s […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202009051080371329-un-could-send-monitoring-team-to-belarus-at-countrys-request—source/ UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) – A United Nations monitoring mission could be dispatched to Belarus at the request of the country’s authorities or by obtaining a mandate from the organization’s appropriate legislative body, a senior UN official told Sputnik. “As a matter of course, the dispatching of monitors would have to come at the request of the country in question […]
Former senior Social Democrat Nalin Pekgul, Sweden’s first Muslim woman to serve as MP, has unleashed harsh criticism over her own party and their sidekicks, the Greens, for allowing Islamists to gain traction in Swedish politics. Nalin Pekgul, a former MP who chaired the Social Democrats Women’s Union, has castigated the Swedish ruling “red-green” coalition for betraying its values and siding with Islamists in exchange for […]
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Protesters in Montreal pulled down and defaced a statue of John Macdonald, Canada’s first prime minister, as police stood by, echoing attacks on controversial historical figures in the US. The statue’s head was broken off as it slammed to the ground from its high pedestal Saturday in Montreal’s Dominion Square. Activists were shielded from view with umbrellas and sheets as they unbolted the statue, which was […]
The United Kingdom is currently maintaining an arsenal of 227 Challenger 2 tanks, although military authorities appear to believe that the motorized weapons are “obsolete”, after former Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt warned in 2019 that the UK has not been militarily “competitive”. Top UK military brass are mulling the idea of scrapping all tanks in the country, in a move to modernise the armed forces, according […]
BENGHAZI (Sputnik) – Libyan tribes have been invited to participate in the political process on the Libyan crisis settlement by the United Nations, Senussi al-Haleeq, the deputy chairman of the Supreme Council of Libyan Sheikhs and Elders, which supports the Libyan National Army, said on Saturday. “We received an invitation from the parliament in Tobruk, as well as an official request from the UN for the […]
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko asked his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to convey to German Chancellor Angela Merkel a request not to interfere in Belarus’ internal affairs, his spokesperson has told Russian TV. At this point, the Belarusian president does not see the need for a conversation with his German counterpart directly, his spokeswoman Natalya Eismont told the Russia-1 channel on Wednesday. It’s not clear what the […]
Israel has been dealing with a renewed COVID-19 outbreak, with the Health Ministry urging to avoid the northern Arab Israeli town of Yarka where cases almost quadrupled over the past week, registering one of the highest rates of infection in the country, according to Haaretz. Israel’s National Coronavirus Project Coordinator Ronni Gamzu sparked outrage on Sunday after remarking that the country’s Arab community had almost carried […]
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said an air assault brigade will be moved to the country’s border, amid massive anti-government protests that the leader has dubbed a “color revolution” directed by foreign agents. Speaking to state media on Saturday, Lukashenko said he was “worried” that NATO was carrying out military exercises in Poland and Lithuania, regarding it as an arms build-up on Belarus’ borders. The president […]
With fewer than four months to election day, Democrats in the nation’s most competitive Senate contests are crushing their Republican opposition in the money race. Quarterly financial reports filed on Wednesday show that in the most competitive Senate contests in the country, Democratic candidates outraised Republicans in all but two. Two candidates, Sen. Martha McSally (R-AZ) and Texas Democrat MJ Hegar, had not filed their reports […]
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New Delhi (Sputnik): In the wake of COVID-19 outbreak, India’s Gross Domestic Product growth fell to a 12-year-low of 3.1 percent in January- March. Observers have projected negative growth for the Indian economy during the financial year 2020-21. The country entered a national lockdown on 24 March at the direction of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A lawmaker from the Indian state of West Bengal on Sunday […]
In recent weeks, a wave of violent attacks against statues seen as problematic or controversial has occurred in the US and across Europe in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement and its protests triggered by police brutality in America. Journalist Gunnar Smári Egilsson, the founder of the Socialist Party of Iceland, has called for the statue of Ingólfr Arnarson, the island nation’s founding father, […]
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Russia 07:29 GMT 07.06.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107954/45/1079544502_0:68:1920:1148_1200x675_80_0_0_1abd2dc95d00df18932a0c4a82373297.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202006071079544538-russian-emergencies-ministry-says-up-to-countrys-leadership-to-decide-on-foreign-help-in-fuel-spill/ KRASNOYARSK, Russia (Sputnik) – The Russian Emergencies Ministry has enough forces to effectively cope with the diesel fuel spill in Norilsk and it is up to Russia’s leadership to decide on whether to receive foreign assistance in dealing with the emergency, Alexander Chupriyan, Russia’s first deputy emergencies minister, said on Sunday. “Thank you […]
As a child growing up in the ’60s in Indiana, few things were as sweet as a Saturday night at the drive-in. It was a cheap escape and quality family time. You didn’t have to worry about what to wear. In fact, the littlest ones often were in PJs so that as soon as we got home, they could immediately be put to b-e-d. There was […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia has recorded high level of US and its NATO allies’ military activity near its borders, the chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the Russian General Staff, Col. Gen. Sergei Rudskoy, said Monday. “The Russian Defence Ministry is constantly monitoring and registering a high level of military activity by the US and its NATO allies near our borders”, Rudskoy told a briefing. […]
Russian jets were scrambled to intercept US B-1B Lancer strategic bombers, which approached the country’s airspace over the Black and Baltic Seas, with the high-altitude action captured on video. The American nuclear-capable warplanes heading in the direction of Russian airspace were first tracked by radar, before the Sukhoi Su-27P and Su-30SM were sent to greet them in the skies above neutral Black Sea waters. The jets […]
Shortly after asking “why the coronavirus did not kill more Russians,” Bloomberg illustrated a stinging op-ed with a graph suggesting Russia is far behind OECD states in hospital beds… though the exact opposite is true. Everything’s fine if it fits the narrative, Bloomberg Opinion editors might have thought when they misquoted World Bank statistics on the number of hospital beds per 1,000 residents, including the misrepresented […]