Western plans to confiscate Russia’s sovereign assets should have sufficient legal grounds and should not cause the destruction of the global monetary system, International Monetary Fund (IMF) spokesperson Julie Kozack said on Thursday.
The Annual Investment Meeting (AIM Congress) has renewed its strategic partnership with the UAE International Investors Council (UAEIIC), reinforcing their commitment to enhancing the global investment climate and the world economy.
Over the last 30 years, NATO has lost its veneer of a "defensive" alliance, turning into an overtly expansionist and interventionist military bloc, Sputnik's interlocutors say.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia has discovered 222 hydrocarbon fields on its territory over the last five years, the deputy head of Rosnedra, the Russian Federal Agency on Mineral Resources, Orest Kasparov, said on Thursday.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - France has "useful information" about the organization of the terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday, commenting on the phone talks between Russian and french defense heads earlier this week.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - One Russian citizen and two foreigners have been detained in the Russian cities of Moscow, Yekaterinburg, and Omsk for their alleged involvement in the terrorist attack in the Crocus City Hall, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that there is every reason to believe that the main goal of the perpetrators of the terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall was to cause harm to Russia's unity.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The unemployment rate in Russia is currently at record lows, it dropped to 2.8% in February, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
Botswana is suffering from elephant overpopulation as herds of these animals have wreaked havoc on locals, causing loss of life and property.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The refusal of foreign banks to accept Russian Mir payment system cards is a direct consequence of the overt pressure and threats that come from the United States, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The decades-long NATO expansion to all of Central and Eastern Europe has turned the United States into a hostage of the agenda pursued by Eastern European allies in a classic case of "tail-wags-the-dog," James Carden, former adviser to the US-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission at the Department of State, told Sputnik.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - There is currently no dialogue between Russia and NATO due to the alliance's policy to undermine Russia's security, but the channel for information exchange remains open, Russian Ambassador to Belgium Alexander Tokovinin told Sputnik.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said the United Kingdom could withdraw from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) if it would help stem the flow of undocumented migrants.
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, in a phone conversation with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, has expressed "his outrage" at the Israeli strike on World Central Kitchen's humanitarian convoy, Pentagon spokesperson Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder has said in a release.
