Ekaterina Blinova is a freelance journalist and has been a Sputnik contributor since 2014. She has a specialist's degree in history and specialises in US, European, Middle Eastern and Asian politics, international relations, sociology and high tech.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial draft mobilisation on September 21 and vowed to defend the right of the Donbass, Kherson and Zaporozhye...
Hydrocarbon-rich African countries are viewing the unfolding energy crisis as an opportunity to monetize their untapped reserves and eliminate the continent's energy poverty.
However, a...
Steve Bannon's contempt case could open the door for Republican lawmakers to force President Joe Biden's son, Hunter, to testify in Congress, according to...
Previously-neutral Finland and Sweden formally announced their NATO bids on 15 May.
The two Nordic countries have grown closer to joining the transatlantic military...
French President Emmanuel Macron claimed in his Wednesday address to the nation that Russia's special operation to demilitarise and "de-Nazify" Ukraine is "not a...