A Russian man set himself ablaze outside an army enlistment office in St Petersburg. The 24-year-old from the Krasnoyarsk region was swiftly taken to the Dzhanelidze Research Institute of Emergency Medicine and admitted into intensive care around midnight. Local reports suggest that
The leaders of Russia and Belarus met Monday to discuss ways to further expand their close alliance that has seen the deployment of some of Russia’s nuclear weapons on the territory of its neighbor. President Vladimir Putin emphasized that Russia and Belarus
A huge fire tore through an online retailer’s warehouse in St. Petersburg in Russia on Saturday with video showing intense flames and thick black smoke rising high into the clear morning sky. Nearly 300 firefighters and dozens of fire engines, as well
New images taken Friday show the gravesite of late Wagner Group mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin following his burial at a cemetery in St. Petersburg, Russia. The scenes showing Russian police standing guard at the Porokhovskoye cemetery come as it remains unexplained what
Vladimir Putin has been snubbed by dozens of African leaders as the Russian autocrat deals with the reality of his nation’s dwindling global influence. Just 17 African leaders will attend a summit that begins in St Petersburg on Thursday. Four years ago,
A major fire has broken out in the north-west of St Petersburg in Russia just days after the city was rocked by an explosion that killed a pro-Kremline Ukraine war blogger. News site VK reported the large blaze gripped an industrial complex
Russia state media is reporting Monday that a female suspect has been taken into custody following an explosion at a café in St. Petersburg, Russia, that killed prominent pro-Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky. Tatarsky, a major proponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s
Russian investigators said they have arrested the main suspect in the assassination of the pro-war Russian blogger Vladlen Tatarsky. Mr Tatarsky, whose real name is Max Fomin, was killed on Sunday after a bomb explosion at a cafe in Saint Petersburg. The
Prominent pro-Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky was killed in an explosion in St. Petersburg on Sunday, according to Russian media. Tatarsky was participating in an event at a cafe in Russia’s second-largest city when he was killed. Russian media says a woman
A massive warehouse in St. Petersburg, Russia has reportedly turned to ashes after an overnight fire due to “unknown causes”. A total of 400m2 of the facility was reported to be destroyed by the fire. The blaze follows accounts of another fire