St. Petersburg will open a brand-new metro station today, Governor Alexander Beglov revealed Thursday, marking the previous Tsarist capital's first brand-new metro station in 5 years.The Gorny Institute metro station, situated on Vasilievsky Island, will extend the fourth (or orange ) line westward. It will begin operations at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, with i

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Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said it thwarted multiple assassination plots allegedly orchestrated by Ukrainian intelligence and carried out by Russian citizens recruited to execute the attacks, Interfax reported Thursday.

“The FSB has prevented a string of assassination attempts planned by Ukrainian intelligence agents targeting senior o

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A "terrorist act" sank a Russian cargo ship in the Mediterranean Sea this week, the state-owned company that the vessel belongs to said Wednesday.

In a statement cited by Russian news agencies, the Oboronlogistika company said it believes a "targeted terrorist attack was committed on Dec. 23, 2024, against the Ursa Major." It did not say who may

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Authorities in the little Russian town of Irbit sparked debate by dressing statues of Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin and Empress Catherine the Great as joyful New Year's characters.Lenin was outfitted in a red dress looking like Ded Moroz, a bearded figure comparable to Santa Claus, while Catherine the Great was adorned in a blue gown traditionally

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Russia’s Interior Ministry added exiled opposition figure Ilya Yashin to its list of wanted persons, the independent news outlet Mediazona reported Wednesday, citing a ministry database.

Yashin, a former municipal councilman in Moscow, was released from jail in August as part of a major prisoner exchange between Russia and Western countries. In

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