'A Better Future': Why Syria's French Voters Chose Le Pen Over Macron Syria became the only country in the world where French voters supported National Front leader Marine Le Pen during last week's presidential runoff in France, according to the results of voting abroad published the French Foreign Ministry. 11.05.2017 07:23:44
Syria’s Safe Zones: The Strategic Peculiarities of a New Peacekeeping Format As the plan to establish safe zones in Syria officially came into effect as of midnight Saturday, local time, the Russian media reviewed why these four areas on the Syrian map have been chosen for the new peacekeeping format and what their military and strategic peculiarities are. 06.05.2017 09:58:30
Signs of a Bargain? Why Russia is for the Establishment of 'Safe Zones' in Syria Following his talks with Turkish President Erdogan in the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Wednesday, President Putin commented on the initiative to create so-called "de-escalation" zones in Syria. 05.05.2017 12:26:04
No Cash for Fascists: US Congress Won't Fund Ukraine's Neo-Nazi Azov Battalion The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that prevents the country from arming and training Ukraine's infamously ultra-nationalist Azov Battalion. 04.05.2017 18:00:28
Trump Stops Short of Calling China Currency Manipulator Amid North Korea Crisis US President Donald Trump said Saturday that it is not "the right time" to call China a "currency manipulator," as Beijing might help Washington to resolve the North Korean crisis. 30.04.2017 07:58:06
Why Brussels Teamed Up With Soros to Bring Hungary to Its Knees Brussels has exerted pressure on Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban for his high education law, which allegedly targets American billionaire George Soros. 29.04.2017 08:00:00
'Ankara is Deepening the Rift Between Turkey and EU by Its Own Hands' The decision to restart monitoring Turkey, made by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on April 25, reflects the depth of the crisis simmering between Ankara and the EU, Oguz Kaan Salici of Turkey's Republican People's Party (CHP) told Sputnik. 27.04.2017 07:17:00
Better Off Without You: Is Trump Giving Up on Poland by Slashing Aid by 100%? Poland is the only EU member state which is facing a suggested 100 percent cut in US financial assistance for 2018, joining other Central and Eastern European countries, such as Ukraine. 26.04.2017 09:09:01
Macron, Le Pen Advance to 2nd Round of French Presidential Vote Emmanuel Macron of the centrist En Marche! movement and right-wing National Front leader Marine Le Pen won the first round of French presidential election, thus triggering a run-off on May 7. 24.04.2017 07:53:01
Snap UK General Election Is a Desperate Attempt to Derail Scottish Independence British Prime Minister Theresa May's decision to call a snap general election bears all the hallmarks of a government in the throes of a continuing political crisis in the wake of last year's referendum result to rip the UK out of the EU, commonly referred to as Brexit. 21.04.2017 11:47:00
Tougher Times Ahead? How Turkey's Foreign Policy Could Change After Referendum Speaking to Sputnik Turkey, a number of Turkish experts commented on how their country's foreign policy will develop following last week's constitutional referendum in Turkey, in which President Erdogan claims to have received a majority "yes" vote to expand his presidential authority. 19.04.2017 09:26:08
Turkish Opposition CHP Party Plans to Challenge Referendum Results The Republican People's Party (CHP), one of the main Turkish opposition parties, announced an intention to challenge the results of Sunday's referendum on constitutional changes, Erdal Aksunger, the party's deputy chairman, said. 16.04.2017 09:30:00
Trump Refuses to Confirm He Authorized Use of Giant Bomb in Afghanistan On Thursday, US President Donald Trump declined to take responsibility for the use of the Pentagon's "mother of all bombs" that is said to be its most powerful non-nuclear weapon. 13.04.2017 19:29:44
Sweden Warming Up to Israeli Methods Against Terrorism The deadly recent truck attack in Stockholm has left Sweden in shock and prompted politicians and pundits to ponder ways of possibly putting an end to such attacks altogether. 12.04.2017 14:26:32
US Missile Strike 'Pushes Syria to the Brink of Afghanistan-Like Havoc' In response to the US missile attack on the Syrian military airfield in Ash Sha'irat near Homs, a number of high-ranking Afghan politicians and experts interviewed by Sputnik have said that it resembles the scenario of the "punitive" US operation in Afghanistan back in 2001, which instigated havoc in the country and left the US bogged down there. 11.04.2017 08:05:50
'Dirty Geopolitical Game': West-Backed Jihadis Carried Out Syria Chemical Attack Tuesday's chemical weapons attack in Idlib province, which rebel groups claim was committed by the Syrian army, bears similarities to the "false flag" attack carried out by jihadists in Ghouta in 2013, Middle Eastern expert Michael Lueders told Germany's ZDF television. 09.04.2017 15:48:17
Why US Attack in Syria Seems to Be 'Pre-Planned' The US missile attack on Syria was de facto in the interests of terrorists, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. 07.04.2017 20:31:09
Chemical strike in Syria: Who is behind it and what might happen next? At least 72 people are dead after the chemical attack in the Syrian province of Idlib. 06.04.2017 18:52:35
'Facing Political Reality': Washington Changes Mind About Assad, Middle East The White House's recent statements confirming that the US is no longer focused on ousting Syrian President Bashar Assad indicates a change in Washington's policy on Syria and the Middle East, according to Vladimir Lepekhin, head of the Moscow-based EurAsEC Institute think tank. 01.04.2017 08:07:58
Open Season: German BND on the Lookout for 'Turkish Spies' Germany’s Federal Prosecutor's Office has launched a probe into suspected spying by Turkish security services on supporters of Fethullah Gulen, a US-based Muslim cleric accused by Ankara of orchestrating a failed military coup in July 2016, Munich-based newsmagazine Focus wrote. 30.03.2017 13:46:00
West 'Anxious' Trying to Find 'Way Out' of Ukrainian Conundrum On Tuesday, a group of representatives from the United States, Spain and the Czech Republic arrived in Lviv for a three-day examination of Ukrainian military facilities. 23.03.2017 07:57:01
At Least Four Dead in Westminster Attack in London, Some 20 Injured At least four people are dead as a result of the terrorist attack outside the UK parliament, the head of counterterror policing said. 22.03.2017 07:54:00
Dozen Most Insane Statements From US Congress’ Hearing on ‘Russian Spying’ Monday’s exhausting five-hour congressional hearing on Russia’s alleged meddling into the US presidential election produced quite a bit of breaking news -- but also downright crazy statements you’d more expect to hear from conspiracy theorists rather than US Representatives. 21.03.2017 06:44:44
Turkey 'Hears Footsteps of Fascism' Reviving in Germany – Deputy Prime Minister Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus claims that fascism is reviving in Germany with Turkey "hearing its footsteps". 20.03.2017 06:48:00
‘Without any hesitation’: Erdogan vows to reinstate death penalty Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he would approve the reinstatement of capital punishment in Turkey “without any hesitation” as he drummed up support for the upcoming constitutional referendum. 19.03.2017 07:27:54
