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Inside 'unregistered' underground prison in Russia with its own crematorium

The underground prison is situated in a bunker under a flood ravaged home near St Petersburg, Russia, and was first discovered last year. It is modelled after Kresty prison

Daily Mirror

Floridians in the hurricane's path don't need to go far to get to safety, mayors say

St. Petersburg and Tampa are preparing for what could be their first direct hit by a major hurricane in over a century. Officials there are urging people to comply with evacuation orders immediately.

WEKU

Local action key to beating authoritarians

Authoritarians do not teleport fully formed into national leadership. They first must learn how to rule anti-democratically, usually at the local level. Stopping authoritarianism globally requires all of us to identify our hometown autocrats, and make sure that local governments are as democratic as possible.

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Children among hundreds arrested in Russia after second wave of anti-war protests

Protesters shouted ‘we are not cannon fodder’

The Independent UK

Cannibal jailed after headless body fell from car joins Vladimir Putin’s kill squad

Yegor Komarov said he "nibbled to just take a taste" after a headless and repeatedly stabbed corpse fell out of his car when he crashed his Mitsubishi into a fence in St Petersburg, Russia

Daily Mirror

Russia protests: more than 1,300 arrested at anti-war demonstrations

More than 500 detained in both Moscow and St Petersburg, says monitoring group, after Putin orders call-up of military reservists

The Guardian - AU

Petition against Putin: ‘Resignation would be a peaceful way out’

A petition calling for Russian President Vladimir Putin to resign has been circulating in Russia since Monday, with dozens of local politicians risking prison sentences to sign it. FRANCE 24 spoke to Ksenia Torstrem, a municipal deputy for the St. Petersburg district and one of the leading petitioners demanding Putin’s…

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Russian council faces dissolution after call for Putin's removal

A group of St Petersburg local politicians who called for President Vladimir Putin to be sacked over the war in Ukraine faces the likely dissolution of their district council following a judge's ruling on Tuesday, one of the deputies said.

Reuters

Russia makes bid to woo Indian tourists to counter western sanctions

Moscow, St. Petersburg send large delegations to OTM travel show to attract tourists

The Hindu

Russian officials call for Putin to be toppled as Moscow suffers ‘significant’ military setback in Ukraine

Conflict ‘detrimental to security of Russia and its citizens’, says St Petersburg councillor

The Independent UK

Russian army 'rounding up homeless people' to fight as Vladimir Putin grows desperate

Officials at the city administration in St Petersburg confirmed that army recruiters had been trying to enlist from the local homeless population as the Ukraine war struggles on

Daily Mirror

The big picture: communal living in modern St Petersburg

In the 00s, French photographer Françoise Huguier documented the many Russians still living in crumbling communal houses commandeered during the revolution

The Guardian - UK

Germany Has Confronted Its Past. Now It Must Confront the Present.

Accepting—or rejecting—historical guilt for past evils doesn’t absolve nations of present-day responsibility.

Foreign Policy

Vladimir Putin appears unable to use limp right arm to shoo away mosquito in footage

Russian President Vladimir Putin could be seen in the footage limping and appearing to be unable to use his right arm when he was attacked by mosquitos during Navy Day celebrations in St Petersburg

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Asharq Al-Awsat

On Navy Day, Putin Says United States Is Main Threat to Russia

President Vladimir Putin on Sunday signed a new naval doctrine which cast the United States as Russia's main rival and set out Russia's global maritime ambitions for crucial areas such as the Arctic and in the Black Sea. Speaking on Russia's Navy Day in the former imperial capital of St…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian Official Says Ukraine Carried Out Drone Attack on Black Sea Fleet HQ

A senior official in Russian-annexed Crimea accused Ukraine on Sunday of carrying out a drone attack ahead of planned celebrations to mark Navy Day, injuring five and forcing the cancellation of festivities. The accusation comes hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin is due to oversee Navy Day celebrations in his…

Tribune News Service

FBI investigating Russian interference possibly linked to Uhuru Movement in Florida

TAMPA, Fla. — Federal law enforcement officials appear to be investigating members of the Uhuru Movement in St. Petersburg for alleged connections to a Russian government official who prosecutors say directed U.S. political groups in a campaign to sow political divisions, spread pro-Russian propaganda and interfere in U.S. elections.

Daily Mirror

Ice hockey star forcibly enlisted in Russian army and dragged off to fight in Ukraine

Ivan Fedotov was rushed to an army enlistment office after being dramatically held by a squad of police officers in St Petersburg accused of seeking to dodge the military draft

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The Independent UK

St. Pete mayor reopens talks on future of Rays stadium site

The mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida, is reopening talks about the future of the Tropicana Field site where baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays play their home games

Asharq Al-Awsat

Vienna Returns as World's 'Most Livable City'

The Austrian capital Vienna has made a comeback as the world's most livable city, according to an annual report from the Economist published Thursday. The Ukrainian capital Kyiv was not included this year after Russia invaded the country in late February, while Russian cities Moscow and St Petersburg fell in…

The Guardian - UK

Russian emails appear to show ‘network’ holding $4.5bn assets linked to Putin

Exclusive: Questions over palaces, vineyards and yachts run by entities that appear to be part of a cooperative

Reuters

Sanctions-hit Kremlin stages 'Russian Davos' bereft of elite, Putin speaks Friday

Russia for years hosted world leaders and business titans at its annual economic forum in St Petersburg, but the "Russian Davos" will see little of the global financial elite this year with Moscow isolated by sanctions over its actions in Ukraine.

Benzinga

Rebranded McDonald's Restaurants To Reopen In Russia: Reuters

Russia's fast-food scene is in for a massive overhaul as former McDonald's Corp (NYSE:MCD) restaurants are set to reopen under new branding and ownership, Reuters reported. The fast food restaurant chain was opened about three decades ago in early 1990. Recently, MCD entered into a sale and purchase agreement with its existing licensee Alexander Govor…

ABC News

Vladimir Putin's right-hand woman is Valentina Matviyenko, a Ukrainian-born politician who passionately supports his war

She left her Ukrainian village for St Petersburg, dreaming of becoming a scientist. Instead she met a young KGB agent named Vladimir Putin who would eventually change her life.

WEKU

These Russian couples didn't plan to get married. The Ukraine war changed their minds

More couples — including those who stayed in Russia and those who fled — are urgently marrying, for reasons both practical and deeply emotional.

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