The Saint Petersburg City Court sentenced 29-year-old Ukrainian citizen Ivan Zabavskyi to 11 years in a high-security penal colony after convicting him of espionage. Source: Mediazone, a Russian news outlet Quote: "Zabavskyi was arrested in June 2023 while living in Kharkiv.

January in Russia conjures up images of Muscovites crunching through the snow in bulky coats -- not bunches of delicate snowdrops blooming in grassy areas around still-standing Christmas trees.

Russia’s Defense Ministry reported it had shot down 104 drones overnight. According to the ministry’s statement, Russian air defenses intercepted: ・47 drones over Kursk Oblast, ・27 drones over Bryansk Oblast,

Alexander Beglov also said that 11.6 million tourists had visited the city and that domestic travel was on the rise. During the New Year holidays alone, 2.5 million tourists visited St Petersburg in just a few days, prompting the authorities to create additional pedestrian zones in the main tourist areas.

In Russia's Saint Petersburg, a 3M62U railway locomotive used to support the logistics of the Russian army, was destroyed. The Main Intelligence D

Night - Scattered showers with a 74% chance of precipitation. Winds from ENE to NE at 5 to 6 mph (8 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 35 °F (1.7 °C). Cloudy with a high of 36 °F (2.2 °C ...

Solovyov proposed a land corridor through NATO countries, likening it to Trump's call to acquire Greenland for U.S. security.

VOV.VN - A seminar commemorating the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Russia (January 30, 1950 - 2025) took place in Saint Petersburg on January 22.

VOV.VN - Both Vietnam and Russia have more opportunities to forge their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership built in 2012 to make their cooperation deeper, more substantial and more effective, according to Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Dang Minh Khoi.

Russia diplomatic ties (January 30, 1950 – 2025) was hosted by the authorities of Saint Petersburg - the second-largest city of Russia, on January 22.

Russian figure skating pair Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were among those on board when an American Airlines flight collided with a U.S. Army helicopter, the Kremlin said.

In the run-up to his departure from the White House, President Joe Biden has slapped a number of major new sanctions on Russia’s financial systems and energy sector. The U.S. originally threatened Russia with “the mother of all sanctions” as Moscow prepared to invade Ukraine in February 2022.