A well-known Russian musician has become the latest critic of Vladimir Putin to commit suicide by falling from a window after ...

Just off the Nevsky Prospekt, near the Vladimirskaya metro ... Russian Museum in the Admiralteysky District is a collection of luxury hotels, including the Four Seasons Hotel Lion Palace St ...

The best way to get around St. Petersburg is by public transportation; otherwise, you can walk around Nevsky Prospekt, the main thoroughfare. There's an extensive bus and metro system with lines ...

The acclaimed Ukrainian author and essayist talks about his experience as a Soviet-born, Russian-speaking novelist, the ...

Nearly three years after President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, his troops are making steady progress on the battlefield.

Dave Seminara lives in St. Petersburg and is the author of, most recently, “Mad Travelers: A Tale of Wanderlust, Greed & the Quest to Reach the Ends of the Earth.” He chronicles his travels on ...

Russian musician Vadim Stroykin ... 20 years in prison for allegedly supporting a terrorist organisation. The St. Petersburg-based news outlet Fontanka stated that authorities raided Stroykin ...

Vadim Stroykin, 58, became the latest Russian to plunge out of a high window as police performed a search at his flat on Parfenovskaya Street in central St. Petersburg, according to Russian media.

Independent media in Russia and Ukraine have been critical of their governments and provide alternative reporting, but much ...

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