Interviews

In August 2019 a CIA operative's wife allegedly killed 19-year-old Harry Dunn whilst she was driving on the wrong side of the road. Anne Sacoolas, who is reportedly also an intelligence officer, was able to evade criminal charges when the UK FCO informed the police, apparently incorrectly, that she had diplomatic immunity.

Civil liberties and human rights groups have warned that police in England and Wales have become increasingly hostile to people engaged in legally protected protests amid the various restrictions imposed in the name of tackling the COVID-19 pandemic.

As incumbent US President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden cross swords in the heated fight for the Oval Office, the United States awaits key states as they count the last votes.

On 25 October 2020 the Chilean people overwhelmingly voted to replace the constitution imposed on the country by the coup government of General Augusto Pinochet, representing a desire to break with the neoliberal policies which have plagued the country for the last forty years, a British-Chilean documentary filmmaker tells Sputnik.

The lack of quality food is now being seen as one of the main impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the alarm not only being sounded by experts from the WHO and WTO, but also by the leaders of world powers such as China.

The lack of quality food is now being seen as one of the main impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the alarm not only being sounded by experts from the WHO and WTO, but also by the leaders of world powers such as China.

Was the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange justice against a man who broke the law or a warning that journalism is under threat, not only in the United States, but globally?

Sputnik talked to Ahmed Gaddaf al-Dam, the cousin of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, to discuss the health of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, Muammar Gaddafi’s son, as well as to discuss the Popular Front for the Liberation of Libya’s participation in the inter-Libyan talks.

The ongoing struggle to restore rule under the Movement for Socialism (MAS-IPSP) reached a crucial point in Bolivian history as voters took to the polls on Sunday to decide on the next president, determining the future of the Latin American nation led by former president Evo Morales for 13 years.

Hostilities have been going on in Nagorno-Karabakh since late September. Though a ceasefire deal was reached in Moscow between the conflicting parties, it's not observed. Sputnik Head Dmitry Kiselev held parallel interviews with the Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders, where they were asked the same questions and given equal time.

The conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, which escalated at the end of September, has reportedly claimed several hundred lives. Despite the reached agreement mediated by Russia, there is no sustainable truce yet. Sputnik head Dmitry Kiselev spoke with both Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders in parallel interviews.

As the Netherlands is experiencing the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, Christian activists are planning to protest against the government’s invasion into church life.

From being just an erotic dance form to now becoming a mainstream form of fitness training, pole dancing has grown by leaps and bounds – so much so that there have been talks to consider pole dancing as an athletic sport in the Olympics.

On 27 September, The New York Times published an "investigation", in which it claimed that Donald Trump’s tax bill was only $750 in both 2016 and 2017 - after he became US president. According to the newspaper, Trump paid no federal income taxes in 10 of the last 15 years.

Sputnik has discussed a wide array of issues with Ambassador T.S. Tirumurti, permanent representative of India to the United Nations, including India's bid for a permanent seat at the UNSC, the ongoing border tensions with China, Pakistan, the COVID-19 pandemic, and more.

In the upcoming US presidential election, where incumbent President Donald Trump is set to face Democratic rival candidate Joe Biden, the United States is dealing with an ongoing global coronavirus pandemic and nation-wide mass protests against racism and police brutality.

Three years after the anniversary of his death, fans continue to celebrate the legacy of one of Russia's most prominent vocalists - a young man from the Irkutsk region of Siberia who dreamed of a career as a singer and later, joined an ensemble widely recognised as the spirit of Soviet culture.

In a first substantial breakthrough in India for Moscow-based Gamaleya Institute vaccine Sputnik V, the multinational pharmaceutical company Dr. Reddy’s announced that it will be distributing 100 million doses of vaccine in India after conducting final-stage human trials and receiving regulatory clearances.

Emerging markets have become a fast-growing conduit for the deployment of innovative solutions aimed a tackling challenges among seemingly disparate payment systems. But a major fintech company founded in 2016 aims to empower consumers and major companies operating in developing economies to do business, namely in the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Data is rapidly becoming the most important commodity in business, with firms deploying artificial intelligence (AI) programmes to resolve challenges from the demands of managing large volumes of information as well as improving efficiency in automating tasks and interpreting data.