In the early weeks of the war, prison authorities told top guards there would be no restrictions against violence.

Explosions were reported on board an oil tanker believed to be used by Russia's "shadow fleet," docked in Ust-Luga in northwest Russia, near President Vladimir Putin 's home city of St. Petersburg.

Russia has continued to transport the commodity via an aging fleet whose links to Moscow are hidden, often through shell ...

A NAPOLEON-obsessed Russian professor who beheaded his student lover has begged to “atone in blood” for his crime by fighting in Ukraine. Oleg Sokolov, 68, a military historian and acclaimed ...

The current occupant of the Kremlin uses the example of the first emperor to justify his policy: "Just like him, today we ...

The tallest skyscraper in Europe is also likely the coldest. The Lakhta Centre, 12km from the centre of St Petersburg, stands ...

The police in St. Petersburg conducted a raid on the gym of one of the MMA clubs. They were looking for undocumented ...

The skater was unanimously appointed at the extraordinary electoral conference held in Moscow last Tuesday. He will now take ...

The Russian Museum boasts the world's largest ... this museum is the main reason some travelers visit St. Petersburg in the first place. Recent travelers offered fulsome praise for both the ...

Night - Mostly cloudy. Winds ESE. The overnight low will be 17 °F (-8.3 °C). Cloudy with a high of 26 °F (-3.3 °C). Winds from SE to ESE at 6 to 7 mph (9.7 to 11.3 kph). Partly cloudy today ...

Carthage College theater students Peyton Kuryanowicz, left, and Trevor Milne are at the center of the musical “Anastasia,” on stage through Feb. 23 at the Rhode Center for the Arts. During the first ...

Fertilizer handling was carried out at three terminals of the company in the Baltic basin. In addition to Petrolesport and First Container Terminal (both of which are located in the Big Port of St.