Kremlin: Trump called Putin only to offer condolences
U.S. President Donald Trump called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin only to express condolences over the St. Petersburg metro bombing, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on April 4. "The U.S....
View ArticleDissecting Moscow’s street protests: Why were there so many youth?
Around 200 young people under 15 years old, and about 1,500 between the ages of 15 and 20, joined the March 26 protests in Moscow, said a participant in a closed-door conference of regional educational...
View ArticleAttack in St. Petersburg: Who benefits?
Irrespective of who carried out the bombing (intelligence services of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan assert the terrorist was of Kyrgyz origin), it doesn’t have the usual characteristics of a "one wolf"...
View ArticleExperts say St. Petersburg bombs most likely made by Syrian rebels
The improvised explosive device (IED) was not produced by militants from the Caucasian, an interlocutor close to the Federal Security Service told RBK. Reserve colonel Andrey Payusov and Abdallah...
View ArticleInvestigation establishes identity of St. Petersburg bomber suspect
Investigators looking into the terrorist attack on the St. Petersburg metro on April 3 have named 22-year-old Akbarzhon Jalilov – a native of Kyrgyzstan with Russian citizenship – as the main suspect....
View ArticleLavrov to Tillerson: My mother told me not to dance with boys
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov took a swipe at a recent remark by U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson about the outlook for Russian-U.S. dialogue. At a meeting of NATO’s foreign ministers...
View ArticleRussian rock band DDT on tour in London
Legendary Russian rock band DDT is coming back to London and the Eventim Apollo with a legendary show titled "The History of Sound" that will feature the best of DDT since the band's formation. "The...
View ArticleChief of St. Petersburg’s metro praises train driver for saving lives
The driver of St. Petersburg’s metro train made the sole correct decision after a bomb went off to take the train to the nearest station thus saving many passengers’ lives, the chief of the St....
View ArticleRussian authorities 'knew about' bomb plot before blast
According to a source quoted by the Kommersant newspaper, Russian special services were informed of the St. Petersburg metro attack before it took place by a Russian national, who had collaborated with...
View ArticleMore drugs now punishable by criminal prosecution in Russian sport
Russia’s prime minister has signed a decree expanding the list of substances which, if detected in an athlete’s blood or urine, could lead to criminal prosecution, reports RBK. Anabolic agents, peptide...
View ArticleRussia’s security services face a new type of terrorism
The terrorist attack in St. Petersburg constitutes a breach in Russia’s first line of defense against extremists. The crime, however, reveals more than just shortcomings in the city's defense against...
View ArticleThe second bomb: How St. Petersburg metro was cleared of explosives
Russia’s second city witnessed a deadly terror attack at 14:40 on Monday, April 3. An unidentified person set off a homemade explosive device inside a metro train carriage in the tunnel between...
View ArticleSt. Petersburg metro bomb: The aftermath
Fourteen people died and another 50 were injured after a bomb ripped through a train carriage on St. Petersburg’s metro. Russia’s Investigative Committee says terrorists are behind the attack. The...
View ArticleTerror attack in St. Petersburg: Facts, theories, and opinions
On the morning of April 4, Russian Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova gave the latest figures for the number of dead and injured in the terrorist attack in the St. Petersburg metro. The death toll now...
View ArticleSt. Petersburg subway blast suspect had clean record
Alleged suicide bomber Akbarzhon Jalilov who is suspected of carrying out the terror attack in the St. Petersburg subway had a clean record, a source in the law enforcement agencies told TASS on April...
View ArticleRussia’s ties with China, Pakistan disturb India - experts
Even as Moscow and New Delhi are currently trying to take economic relations to a new level, Russia’s ties with India’s major rivals in the region may prove to be an irritant between the long-term...
View ArticleEiffel Tower lights go down to honor victims of St. Petersburg metro attack
The French capital of Paris joined the mourning over the victims of the recent metro attack in Russia’s second largest city St. Petersburg. At midnight, the lights of the Eiffel Tower, a famous Paris...
View ArticlePoll: The economy is now more important to Russians than Crimea
Dissatisfaction with the country's overall economic problems has changed people's attitude to the state, according to the Levada Center. In March 2016, a poll showed that 25 percent of citizens...
View ArticleRussian government allots $900,000 in compensations to St.Petersburg blast
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree to allocate 50 million rubles (about $900,000) to pay compensations to victims of the blast in St. Petersburg, the Russian government’s press...
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