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. The ...

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

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I’ve got all these little voices on the other end of the phone calling me sobbing. ... Kids normally think old people die, ...

After battling the crowds at the Hermitage and taking in countless masterpieces at the Russian Museum ... is the main reason some travelers visit St. Petersburg in the first place.

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A t a canteen ​ in Leningrad in December 1941, a man queued for two hours, handed over his ration card, received a bowl of soup and a bowl of porridge, ate the soup and died. A crowd formed around him ...

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

Little detail is known about those who were on board except ... John Handeland urged residents of the Alaskan city to 'hug your people tight in the emotional briefing. The mayor was visibly ...

Andrey Ter tells PEOPLE his wife Olesya Taylor, 50, and youngest daughter Olivia Ter, 12, were among the 67 people killed ...

The Irish composer John Field is credited with the invention of one of the most popular classical genres. John Field is a relatively unknown name in today’s classical music world, but he was a hugely ...