World News

Eiffel Tower switched off as mark of respect to St Petersburg victims

Perhaps Paris’ most well-known landmark, the Eiffel Tower will turn off its lights at midnight on Tuesday, as a mark of respect to the victims of Monday’s explosion on the St Petersburg metro…

04/04/2017

Russia

Russia confirms identity of St Petersburg suicide bomber

The suspected suicide bomber who killed 14 people and injured 50 in the St Petersburg underground has been identified by Russian authorities as 22-year old Akbarzhon Jalilov, a Russian of Kyrgyz…

04/04/2017

Russia

Kyrgyzstan fertile ground for would be jihadists

ISIL recruiters target Bishkek

04/04/2017

Russia

Russia pays tribute to St Petersburg metro bomb attack victims

People have been paying tribute to the victims of the St Petersburg metro bombing.

04/04/2017

Business Series

Gazprom joins queue of companies threatening to leave London

Russian energy giant Gazprom set up shop in London in 1999 and has traded there ever since, but it may quit The City if Britain undergoes a "hard" Brexit that might amputate Gazprom's biggest market.

04/04/2017

Russia

European newspapers lead with "Terror attack in St. Petersburg"

The explosion in St Petersburg dominates Europe’s main newspapers with several of them using words such as ‘terror’ or ‘massacre’ on the metro.

04/04/2017

Russia

Suspect in St Petersburg blast reportedly Kyrgyz-born Russian citizen

As the hunt goes on for whoever was responsible for the deadly metro blast in St.

04/04/2017

Russia

Putin pays respects to victims of St Petersburg metro blast

Eleven people die in blast on St.

04/04/2017

Russia

Eyewitnesses describe horror following St.Petersburg blast

Video of aftermath of blast is published on social media showing people trying to help others out of damaged train carriage

03/04/2017

Lithuania

Lithuania warns Russia could attack 'with 24 hours notice'

Lithuania's intelligence service has raised the alarm in a report but its concerns have been dismissed by the Kremlin as 'Russophobia'

03/04/2017

Russia

St Petersburg bomb unlikely to damage Putin's image

Russians may feel vulnerable to terrorism again and blame the FSB for failing to stop the St. Petersburg bomber, but one analyst says it is unlikely many will blame Vladimir Putin.

03/04/2017

World News

Moscow targets Chechen fighters in Syria

Thousands of Russian speakers fight for ISIL in Syria

03/04/2017

Russia

EU foreign ministers voice unity with Russia following St Petersburg metro blast

European foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg reacted to Monday’s metro blast in St Petersburg, expressing horror over the apparent terror attack.

03/04/2017

Russia

Amateur video purports to show the moments after St Petersburg metro blast

Amateur video purports to show the moments following an explosion which rocked Saint Petersburg’s metro network on Monday, April 3.

03/04/2017

Russia

Russia's transport system a target for terrorism

Russia's transport system a terrorist target

03/04/2017

Russia

Blast rocks St Petersburg metro system, killing at least ten people

Around ten people have been killed and around 40 injured after an explosion tore through a train carriage in St Petersburg’s metro system, Russian authorities…

03/04/2017

Russia

Putin promises justice for St Petersburg victims

Russian President Vladimir Putin promises the truth will out following a deadly explosion in a St Petersburg subway.

03/04/2017

Russia

St Petersburg explosion: What we know

At 2:30pm local time, at least one explosion tore through the central St Petersburg Metro system.

03/04/2017

Sport

Local hero Okruashvili takes gold in Georgia

Adam Okruashvili battled his way to gold on the final day of the Tbilisi Grand Prix

02/04/2017

Russia

Russians rally against Kremlin, despite 'solid popularity' of Putin

Between 20 and 30 anti-corruption protesters have been detained in Moscow as they tried to organise a march towards the Kremlin.

02/04/2017