The Latest Breaking News from St Petersburg

Hundreds attend Moscow funeral of pro-war blogger

Hundreds of mourners, including the leader of Russia's Wagner private militia group, attended the funeral on Saturday of pro-war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky, who was killed on April 2 in a cafe bomb blast that Moscow has blamed on Ukraine.

Reuters · Apr 8, 2023

Funeral held for Vladlen Tatarsky killed by bomb - with sledgehammer next to coffin

A service with sledgehammers left by the coffin of Vladlen Tatarsky who was killed in a café bomb blast in St Petersburg, has been held

Daily Mirror · Apr 8, 2023

Wagner Boss Slams Governor of St Petersburg, Demands Probe

The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary forces, Yevgeny Prigozhin, slammed the governor of St Petersburg, Alexander Beglov, in a power struggle playing out in the home town of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Prigozhin called Beglov a "scumbag" who was out of place in the city, and again demanded a criminal…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 8, 2023

St Petersburg café killing exposes Russia’s security woes

Moscow has blamed Ukrainian security services and supporters of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny for the killing of a prominent Russian ultranationalist blogger in a St Petersburg café. Kyiv and Navalny’s supporters have denied the allegations. But the attack on a figure with close links to the Wagner Group has…

France 24 · Apr 4, 2023

St Petersburg bomb suspect charged with terrorism over killing of pro-war blogger

Moscow says Darya Trepova acted for Ukraine and handed statuette to Vladlen Tatarsky that later exploded

The Guardian - UK · Apr 4, 2023

Suspect in killing of Russian war blogger charged with terrorism

Russian investigators on Tuesday charged Darya Trepova, a 26-year-old St Petersburg resident, with terrorist offences over the killing of pro-war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky in a bomb blast, and remanded her in pre-trial detention.

Reuters · Apr 4, 2023

Suspect in attack that killed military blogger to face court

A woman suspected of involvement in a bombing at a St. Petersburg cafe that killed a Russian military blogger is set to face a Moscow court that will set terms for her pre-trial detention

The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2023

St Petersburg 'bomber' smiles on CCTV before she's caught as husband says she was framed

Daria Trepova's husband has said she had been framed and that he is "completely sure" that she would never have been able to do something like that in Russia on her own

Daily Mirror · Apr 4, 2023

St Petersburg bomb suspect seen edging away from blogger after handing him statue

Daria Trepova skulked away after handing pro-Vladimir Putin propagandist Vladlen Tatarsky a statue of himself just moments before an explosion ripped through the venue he was speaking at in St Petersburg, Russia

Daily Mirror · Apr 4, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 405 of the invasion

Finland formally joins Nato in Brussels ceremony; Russian investigators charge woman with terrorism offences over killing of military blogger Vladlen Tartarsky

The Guardian - AU · Apr 3, 2023