What's 'Putin's chef' cooking up with talk on US meddling? Kremlin-connected businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin kept a low profile over the years, but he has been increasingly in the spotlight recently The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2022
Russia’s Wagner Group opens defence tech centre in St Petersburg Opening is latest step for private militia’s owner Yevgeny Prigozhin in taking a more public role in shaping Russia’s defence policy The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2022
Outspoken Putin ally Prigozhin's St Petersburg defence tech centre opens Russia's Wagner Group, a private militia controlled by Yevgeny Prigozhin, opened a military technology centre in St. Petersburg on Friday, the latest move by the Putin ally who has criticized the Kremlin's defence top brass over the Ukraine conflict. Reuters · Nov 4, 2022
The business of psychics, mediums and the metaphysical TAMPA, Fla. -- When Pearl Prather opened Mystikal Scents in 2006, she served customers mostly from the Thonotosassa area where her store is located. But with the rise of social media, and then the pandemic, she watched interest in the metaphysical grow. Tribune News Service · Oct 27, 2022
Yevgeny Prigozhin, known as Vladimir Putin's chef, revealed as Wagner Group mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, an elusive Russian oligarch linked to an election-meddling troll farm, now openly admits he founded the private military company doing Vladimir Putin's bidding in Ukraine. But his brazen new approach could spell trouble for the president. ABC News · Oct 22, 2022
Moscow mayor says draft complete, St Petersburg fires call-up chief Moscow's mayor said on Monday that military mobilisation in the Russian capital was now complete while St Petersburg sacked the official in charge there, the latest sign of problems with the unpopular and chaotic draft for the war in Ukraine. Reuters · Oct 17, 2022
Putin Tells IAEA's Grossi that Situation at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant ‘of Concern’ Russian President Vladimir Putin told International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) head Rafael Grossi on Tuesday that the situation around Ukraine's Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is "of concern". At a meeting in St Petersburg shown on Russian state television, Putin told Grossi, the head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog,… Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 11, 2022
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 · Oct 10, 2022
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 · Sep 27, 2022
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. Bangkok Post · Sep 26, 2022
Children among hundreds arrested in Russia after second wave of anti-war protests Protesters shouted ‘we are not cannon fodder’ The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2022
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 · Sep 23, 2022
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 · Sep 21, 2022
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… France 24 · Sep 14, 2022
Reuters · Sep 13, 2022 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.
The Hindu · Sep 13, 2022 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 Independent UK · Sep 12, 2022 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
Daily Mirror · Sep 3, 2022 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
The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2022 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
Foreign Policy · Aug 8, 2022 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.
Daily Mirror · Jul 31, 2022 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
Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 31, 2022 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 · Jul 31, 2022 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 · Jul 29, 2022 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 · Jul 2, 2022 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