Flush with canals and built around water – the city curves around the Gulf of Finland, and the Neva River runs through the city center – St. Petersburg is a planned city that originated with ...

Two Russian colonels have plunged out of windows in the space of two days, while a musician fell to his death as his ...

The camera glides over the city, capturing some of its most beautiful and iconic buildings ... historical center of St. Petersburg Yellow autumn trees in the park on Spit of Vasilyevsky island in St.

Global central banks own about 17 percent of all the gold ever mined, with reserves topping 36,699 metric tons (MT) as of year-end 2023. They acquired the vast majority in the years after becoming net ...

Artur Pryakhin died and Alexey Zubkov was left seriously injured after both of the leading Russian military figures fell from ...

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.

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 ...

(250207) -- ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 7, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Artists perform at a concert in celebration of the Chinese New Year in St. Petersburg, Russia, Feb. 6, 2025. (Photo by Irina Motina/Xinhua) ...

Putin appears to expect Trump to undermine European resolve on Ukraine. Likening Europe's leaders to Trump's lapdogs, he said ...

A new method for protecting buildings from progressive collapse, based on a mathematical model, has been developed by scientists at VyatSU. According to the authors, the development is cost ...

The best time to visit St. Petersburg is from mid-June to September. Although it's expensive, St. Petersburg's near 24 hours of sunshine and White Nights celebrations during the summer months are ...

MOSCOW, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Russia is resuming passenger flights to the capital of Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia for the first time in three decades, state media reported on Friday.