diff --git a/lib/v2/sputniknews/index.js b/lib/v2/sputniknews/index.js
index 3de266fff..1f1409afa 100644
--- a/lib/v2/sputniknews/index.js
+++ b/lib/v2/sputniknews/index.js
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ module.exports = async (ctx) => {
 
                 const content = cheerio.load(detailResponse.data);
 
+                item.pubDate = parseDate(content('a[data-unixtime]').attr('data-unixtime') * 1000);
+
                 item.category = content('.tag__text')
                     .toArray()
                     .map((tag) => content(tag).text());
@@ -78,7 +80,6 @@ module.exports = async (ctx) => {
                 content('div[data-type="article"]').remove();
 
                 item.description = content('.article').html();
-                item.pubDate = parseDate(content('div[itemprop="datePublished"]').attr('data-unixtime'));
 
                 return item;
             })