Budapest [Hungary], July 18 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Union's new package of sanctions against Russia will target 48 people, including a Deputy Prime Minister, and nine organizations, among them Sberbank, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Monday.
Moscow [Russia], July 18 (ANI): Nigeria is not against becoming a member of the BRICS group, Nigerian Ambassador to Russia Abdullahi Shehu said in an interview with Sputnik, adding that it is "quite realistic" in the future.
Moscow [Russia], July 18 (ANI/Sputnik): The RaHDIt Russian hacker group has handed over information on Russian citizens who have been collaborating with Ukrainian military intelligence to competent authorities, a RaHDIt member told Sputnik on condition of anonymity.
Moscow [Russia], July 18 (ANI/Sputnik): NATO's multiple rocket launcher (MRL) experts appear to be directing the actions of Ukrainian troops "on the ground," which is fraught with certain consequences, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.
Washington [US], July 17 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States believes that the OPEC countries have the opportunity to increase oil production and expects that they will take steps in this direction in the upcoming weeks, US Senior Adviser for Energy Security Amos Hochstein said on Sunday.
Ankara [Turkey], July 17 (ANI/Sputnik): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expects to hold bilateral talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during his planned visit to Iran on July 18-19, the Turkish President's office said on Sunday.
Tokyo [Japan], July 17 (ANI/Sputnik): The Japanese government is intending to secure its participation in the Russian Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project, Japanese news agency Kyodo reported on Saturday, citing government sources.
Moscow [Russia], July 16 (ANI/Sputnik): The Zeus unmanned nuclear-powered space tug, which is currently under development in Russia, would be delivering an interstellar space station to the planets of the Solar System while cosmonauts would be flying to the station separately due to long fli
Moscow [Russia], July 14 (ANI/Sputnik): The Russian Embassy in Washington and the Consulate General in Houston have proposed to the United States trilateral talks with Mexico about illegal crossings at the US southern border, but has not received a response, Russian Consul General in Houston
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): The Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has written a letter to all the states and union territories' chief secretaries and administrators over the precaution dose for COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V.
Washington [US], July 14 (ANI/Sputnik): The US accusations that Russia is making obstacles for transporting grain from Ukraine are baseless and just an attempt to reshape the global food market, by driving Russia out of it, the Russian Embassy to the United States said.
Beijing [China], July 13 (ANI/Sputnik): China's trade with Russia went up by 27.2 per cent, while trade with the United States went up by 12.7 per cent year-on-year in the first half of 2022, the Chinese General Administration of Customs said on Wednesday.