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Russia’s northern capital, Saint Petersburg, has been named the world’s leading cultural city destination for the third consecutive year. The award is traditionally handed out by the World Travel Awards (WTA). Saint Petersburg, that once again justified its rank as the Russian cultural capital, triumphed over Beijing, London, New York City, Paris, the Ecuadorian capital […]
Russian city St. Petersburg is one of two contenders to host the 2020-21 season UEFA Champions League final, along with German capital Munich, the organization confirmed on Thursday. READ MORE: FIFA boss keen on 48-team World Cup for Qatar 2022 – but what are the problems? European football’s governing body announced the two cities had declared […]
While Fox News anchor Chris Wallace and Vladimir Putin were at loggerheads during their sit-down in Helsinki, Wallace seems to have decided to see for himself where they make them like that, and he set off for a Russian holiday. Wallace, a veteran Fox News host who interviewed Putin in the wake of the Monday […]
After a few lean years following Russia’s estrangement from the West in 2014, Russia’s most famous business showpiece has come roaring back. This week proves how talk of “isolation” was pure blather. ST. PETERSBURG – Longtime Russia hands often remark that there are two Russias: the one presented by the Western media and the other, […]
Published time: 28 Mar, 2018 14:55 A huge plume of smoke has enveloped a Hyundai car dealership in Russia’s St. Petersburg after the site caught fire. Pictures of the blaze are circulating on social media. No injuries have been reported. The blaze started at around 3pm local time, according to the emergency services, before spreading […]
It is one of the newest ballet companies in the world but combines classical Russian training with sensational modern attack. The Company’s 2015 international season was a total sell out with over 25,000 seats sold. The 2018 season is strictly limited and takes place from August 22-26. The St Petersburg Ballet Theatre are set to […]
Published time: 22 Feb, 2018 15:16 Edited time: 22 Feb, 2018 15:25 The Russian Security Service (FSB) say they have prevented a string of terrorist attacks targeting public places and public transport. A suspect from Central Asia has been detained. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Let’s block ads! (Why?)
Video footage has shown frightened pedestrians flee after an SUV casually entering an underground passage in St. Petersburg. However, the incident wasn’t terror-related: the driver claims he was only carrying out a bet. A CCTV video circulating online shows commuters going about their day in the underground pedestrian passage near St. Petersburg’s Moskovskaya metro station […]
A broke out in one of the buildings of the St. Petersburg Naval Institute in Russia’s second largest city. Over a hundred firefighters, assisted by the cadets, took part in battling the flames. Smoke blanketed the Vasilyevsky Island district of the city Friday night, as the flames engulfed a mid-18th century building belonging to St. Petersburg’s oldest […]
Published time: 30 Dec, 2017 15:06 Edited time: 30 Dec, 2017 15:19 The organizer and perpetrator of the St. Petersburg supermarket bombing, which injured 13 people, has been detained, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said. “On December 30, FSB identified and detained the organizer and immediate perpetuator of the homemade explosive device blast in St. Petersburg […]
