You can keep reading reports I post from Sputnik and RT or --

Or -- you can start reading those news sites yourself, which I'd advise if you want an idea of what's actually going on in the world.  Granted, it's the Russian view of the world, specifically, the Kremlin's view. RT (Russia Today) is misleadingly titled because they don't actually report much about what's going on in Russia and I'd assume it's the same with Sputnik. However, Sputnik publishes in a number of languages; from that, I'd assume those publications feature more reports specific to countries where, say, Arabic or French is spoken than they do in Sputnik English.

In any case, English-language Sputnik, which I check at least three times a day (their headlines keep changing), also reports on issues from around the world. 

RT and Sputnik are more interested in knowing what's going on than in propagandizing via what is supposed to be news reportage, which I think makes them valuable news sources.  Of course, there's a "Kremlin" view of what's happening in those reports but this is distinguished from the news by what are clearly identified opinion pieces -- very few of which I read.

Also, RT/Sputnik reports quote Western 'wire service' news reports from big Western mainstream organizations such as AP, AFP, and Reuters and other Sputnik/RT articles discuss numerous reports in newspapers such as The New York Times and Wall Street Journal. So the Russian sites are almost news aggregators although they write entire reports around the news reports they quote. 

But I venture that after checking in daily with Sputnik and RT  for about two weeks, many American readers would ask, 'Why can't we have this kind of reporting in the USA?'  and also, 'We keep being told by the US and British governments that these Russian publications are terrible. What's so terrible about them?'  

Perhaps the same guess would cover the answer to both questions: Because the American government would prefer that the U.S. public is not well-informed about what's going on in the world?

Anyhow, here are reports dated today that I find interesting:

Almost 50 percent of Sweden’s homeless population is foreign-born – report (RT)

Russia & China complete their first cross-border mega highway bridge (VIDEO) (RT)

Finland, Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden Join INSTEX Mechanism for Trade With Iran (Sputnik)

Venezuela Supplies Nearly $4 Billion Worth of Oil to Cuba, China Amid Sanctions, US Envoy Claims (Sputnik)

Against the Odds: China Expanded Quotas For Rare-Earth Metals

And this one for good luck:


Pay to breathe? ‘Oxygen bars’ hit New Delhi as India chokes under pollution & declares health emergency (RT)

And by the way, Sputnik never sleeps. Headlines keep changing, hour after hour.  

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