Новости за 23.02.2024

Russian President Vladimir Putin this week praised the efforts of government agencies that help foreigners who embrace Russian cultural values to relocate to his country.

Investigative reporter Catherine Herridge, who dug into the Hunter Biden case, reportedly had her files, laptop and records, including information on privileged sources, seized by CBS after she was abruptly laid off by the company.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed on his social media platform X that he will soon launch a new product called "XMail" as an alternative to the widely used Gmail service.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US President Joe Biden’s reliance on notecards he uses for answers during closed-doors campaign events has caused growing concerns among his donors, Axios reported on Friday, citing sources familiar with the matter.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent flight aboard a Tu-160M strategic supersonic bomber aircraft was far from the only instance of him taking charge of (or sometimes riding as a co-pilot in) various vehicles, planes or even submersibles.

Russian President Vladimir Putin took a flight on an upgraded Tu-160M strategic bomber-missile carrier on Thursday. What do military experts say about the warplane?

BEIJING (Sputnik) - Beijing calls on Washington to stop arming Taiwan and put an end to provocations by using the island to contain China, Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Zhang Xiaogang said on Friday.

Today is the Day of the Defenders of the Fatherland.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The European Union has included in its 13th sanctions package against Russia a total of 194 individuals and legal entities, the Council of the EU said on Friday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Collective Security Treaty Organization’s (CSTO) Secretariat told Sputnik on Friday that it had not received any notices from Yerevan on the suspension of its CSTO membership.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia will seek from Lithuania and the European Union the fulfillment of political and legal obligations for uninterrupted passenger and cargo transit to Russia's Kaliningrad exclave, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Sputnik.

DOHA (Sputnik) - Yemen's Ansar Allah movement, also known as the Houthis, on Thursday issued a formal notification to shipping and insurance firms of its prohibition on the passage of Israeli-, United States- and United Kingdom-affiliated ships through sea routes near Yemen, a source in the movement's leadership told Sputnik.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The United States have observed an increase in the number of attacks conducted by Yemen’s Houthis in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden over the last three days, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said on Thursday.

US President Joe Biden’s Dog Commander has bitten Secret Service agents and other White House employees more than 24 times between October 2022 and June 2023, according to recently released Secret Service emails.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday congratulated Russians and all those who served in the military on the Defender of Fatherland Day, celebrated in Russia on February 23, noting that this holiday has long become a popular holiday and is widely celebrated throughout the country.

ATHENS (Sputnik) - Greece's public debt, including domestic government guarantees, grew by over 6 billion euros ($6.5 billion) last year and reached 406.5 billion euros as of December 31, 2023, according to a quarterly bulletin by the country's Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA).

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Czech armed forces said on Thursday it would send two military personnel to take part in the EU's naval mission to secure shipping in the Red Sea amid ongoing attacks by Yemen's Houthis on civilian vessels.

The US security state was the staunchest supporter of free speech online when it enabled them to foment discontent in countries they perceived as adversarial, but changed their tune when it turned against them and their allies, syndicated columnist and political cartoonist Ted Rall told Sputnik’s The Critical Hour on Wednesday.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Sputnik) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday met with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and conveyed a message of Russian President Vladimir Putin's willingness to work with Brazil on any issues.

TSIVILSK (Sputnik) - Russia's Finance Ministry will address the issue of granting the right to state support to foreign companies that are placed under the management of the Federal Agency for State Property Management (Rosimushchestvo), Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Thursday during a meeting convened by President Vladimir Putin.

Last week, House Intelligence Committee Chair Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) released a document with a cryptic warning that called on US President Joe Biden to declassify information on a “serious national security threat.” Within hours, the story spread like wildfire.