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.
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...