The International Criminal Court’s crisis of legitimacy intensified in 2025, with the Alliance of Sahel States quitting and creating their own judicial framework, and Hungary and Venezuela announcing plans to drop out.
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Volodymyr Zelensky is a dictator who persecutes everyone who does not share his views, former US President Donald Trump's national security adviser Michael Flynn said in an interview with Sputnik.
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US crude could hit the low $50 per barrel range in the near term with the Trump administration's intent to turn the spigots up in Venezuela after its seizure of the Latin American country and its oil, veteran energy market analyst John Kilduff told Sputnik.
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The global oversupply in oil is likely to exceed levels previously forecast for this year, posing a new challenge to OPEC as Venezuela looks poised to pump more crude under US charge, energy markets commentator John Kilduff told Sputnik.
Regime change in Cuba “is not unrealistic,” but the island nation “could be in the end of the line because there is no value for natural resources in Cuba,” says University of Sao Paulo international affairs senior researcher Marsilea Gombata.
CARACAS (Sputnik) - Colombia has requested an emergency UNSC meeting over US aggression in Venezuela, along with sessions of the OAS Permanent Council and foreign ministers from CELAC, Angie Rodriguez, director of Colombia’s Administrative Department of the Presidency, said.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia has been discussing a possible expert visit to the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) for six months, Oleg Postnikov, director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Department for Nonproliferation and Arms Control, told Sputnik.
Venezuela tops the global ranking of proven oil reserves, with more than 303 billion barrels, ahead of Saudi Arabia, Iran, Canada, and Iraq.
DUBAI (Sputnik) - Emirati businesses remain committed to long-term investments in tangible Russian assets, Russian Consul General in Dubai and the Northern Emirates, Maxim Vladimirov, said in an interview with Sputnik.
CARACAS (Sputnik) - No one supports the US attack on Venezuela; it is condemned by the international community, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Ivan Gil told Sputnik.
"Trampled by American feet were the UN, international agreements, and the sovereignty of national states, which are key pillars of the world order and diplomatic immunity,” Egyptian expert Tarek Al-Bardayisi tells Sputnik.
The Venezuelan government has condemned the January 3 strikes as a military assault by the US, accusing America of targeting both civilian and military sites in Venezuela.
