Russia and India are strengthening their ties despite the slew of anti-Moscow sanctions which have been imposed by the West. In an exclusive interview with Sputnik, Russia’s Ambassador to India Denis Alipov expanded on the results of the XIV BRICS Summit, relations between Moscow and New Delhi and more. Sputnik: How do you assess the […]Read More

Russia has the right to reciprocally close the flow of gas through Nord Stream 1 because of the ban on Nord Stream 2 but does not do this, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak has said. Russia provides 40% of gas consumption in Europe and has always been a reliable partner, Novak said, adding that […]Read More

Russia’s Defence Ministry has released the first official military casualties resulting from the special operation in Ukraine, saying that 498 Russian soldiers died in the line of duty. A further 1,597 Russian servicemen sustained injuries of varying degree during the operation, the ministry added. The ministry stressed that reports of “countless” losses among the Russian […]Read More

Russian and Ukrainian negotiators have found some points of contact from which common positions can be built on, Vladimir Medinsky, special assistant to President Putin and head of the Russian delegation, has said. “Talks with the Ukrainian side… lasted about 5 hours… We discussed in detail all the items on the agenda and found some […]Read More

All Russian banks already subjected to sanctions will be disconnected from SWIFT, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced. The EU, the UK, Canada and the U.S. agreed to implement the measure over Russia’s “special operation” to “de-militarise and de-nazify” Ukraine. “The removal of Russian banks from SWIFT means that while transactions can […]Read More

DUBAI: Russia has started delivering the S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems to India; the deliveries are going as planned, Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) Dmitry Shugaev told Sputnik ahead of the Dubai Airshow. “The supplies of the S-400 air defense system to India have started and are proceeding on schedule,” Shugaev […]Read More

MOSCOW: On Monday, during a speech marking the 67th anniversary of the end of the Korean War (1950-53), North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said that the country’s nuclear weapons are a “reliable, effective” deterrent and were a solid guarantee for the nation’s security, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). Kim stated that North […]Read More

MOSCOW: For the first time in years, Beijing will not set a numerical target for its gross domestic product for 2020, according to the text of a government work report from Premier Li Keqiang at the National People’s Congress in China. “We do not set the specific GDP target mainly due to the global pandemic […]Read More

MOSCOW: In February, Putin announced that he was not using a smartphone for work as he had other means of communication. The President stressed that while technological progress must go on, he was comfortable without modern gadgets. Vladimir Putin’s special communications phone allows the president to contact the government, administration and other senior officials with […]Read More