Saint Petersburg

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Moment explosion erupts at Russian oil terminal in St. Petersburg after Ukrainian drone attack

Black smoke billowed over St. Petersburg after a Ukrainian drone strike sparked a fire at an oil terminal, according to Ukrainian and Russian officials. The attack came days before President Vladimir Putin is due to attend a major economic forum in the city.

3 June 2026

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Volunteers help frogs cross road in Russia to reach spawning sites

The work begins in mid-April and continues for around two months, with more than 700 volunteers taking part every year.

17 April 2025

Europe News

Drone strike exchange leaves one dead and one injured in Ukraine

The Russian Defence Ministry has reported the destruction of 16 Ukrainian drones in five regions. Flight restrictions were imposed at St Petersburg airport. Meanwhile, a resident of Kyiv Region died in hospital after being hit by a Russian drone strike.

4 January 2025

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Artists craft sand masterpieces despite rain in St. Petersburg

In challenging weather conditions, artists at St. Petersburg's sand sculpture festival showcase their skill and creativity, battling the elements to shape mountains of sand into spectacular art pieces.

12 July 2024

World News

Seven people die after a bus plunges off a bridge in St. Petersburg

A bus swerved off a bridge and descended into a river in St. Petersburg, killing seven people on Friday, Russian officials said.

11 May 2024

Russia

Russia marks 80th anniversary of the siege of Leningrad

The siege began in 1941 when German troops surrounded the city and completely cut it off from supplies for two and a half years before they withdrew.

27 January 2024

Russia

Huge fire engulfs a warehouse outside St Petersburg

No casualties were reported in the blaze in the Russian city.

13 January 2024

Culture news

Russian artist sentenced to 7 years in prison for anti-war messages

Sasha Skochilenko was arrested in her native St. Petersburg in April 2022 and charged with spreading false information about the military after replacing price tags with ones that decried Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

16 November 2023

Russia

Woman goes on trial over bombing that killed Russian blogger

Darya Trepova faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted - but denies being knowingly involved in the incident which killed prominent military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky and injured 52 others.

15 November 2023

Russia

Hundreds mourn assassinated Russian propagandist Vladlen Tatarsky

Hundreds of Muscovites came to the Troyekurovskoye Cemetery in the Russian capital on Saturday to pay their last respects to nationalist blogger Vladlen Tatarsky, born Maxim Fomin.

8 April 2023

Russia

Explosion kills pro-Russian blogger in St. Petersburg

A top Ukrainian official suggested internal struggles over the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine were behind the blast.

2 April 2023

Europe News

Putin makes Peter the Great comparison over 'taking back Russian land'

It came as Putin was marking 350 years since the birth of Peter the Great.

10 June 2022

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Russian artist doused in fake blood protests

A Russian artist doused herself in fake blood in a solo protest in St. Petersburg on March 27, before police came to take her away.

28 March 2022

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Dozens detained in Russia for protesting "military operation" in Ukraine

Russia detains more than 250 people for protesting its "military operations" in Ukraine, as the conflict continues for a third week.

13 March 2022

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Dozens detained at anti-war rally in St. Petersburg

Dozens of anti-war demonstrators are detained in Saint Petersburg after jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny called on Russians to protest President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

3 March 2022

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Russia's Putin and Belarus' Lukashenko play hockey after talks

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko play ice hockey after holding diplomatic talks.

30 December 2021