Norwegian police said on Friday they had seized a Norwegian-owned ship at Latvia's request over its suspected involvement in damage done to a Baltic Sea cable. "The ship is suspected to have been involved in serious damage to a fibre cable in the Baltic Sea between Latvia and Sweden,

The Saint Petersburg City Court sentenced 29-year-old Ukrainian citizen Ivan Zabavskyi to 11 years in a high-security penal colony after convicting him of espionage. Source: Mediazone, a Russian news outlet Quote: "Zabavskyi was arrested in June 2023 while living in Kharkiv.

In Russia's Saint Petersburg, a 3M62U railway locomotive used to support the logistics of the Russian army, was destroyed. The Main Intelligence D

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January in Russia conjures up images of Muscovites crunching through the snow in bulky coats -- not bunches of delicate snowdrops blooming in grassy areas around still-standing Christmas trees.

Alexander Beglov also said that 11.6 million tourists had visited the city and that domestic travel was on the rise. During the New Year holidays alone, 2.5 million tourists visited St Petersburg in just a few days, prompting the authorities to create additional pedestrian zones in the main tourist areas.

While revenues did increase by 26%, this was not enough to offset Russia's staggering spending costs, exacerbated by the ongoing war with Ukraine.

Russia diplomatic ties (January 30, 1950 – 2025) was hosted by the authorities of Saint Petersburg - the second-largest city of Russia, on January 22.

VOV.VN - A seminar commemorating the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Russia (January 30, 1950 - 2025) took place in Saint Petersburg on January 22.

VOV.VN - Both Vietnam and Russia have more opportunities to forge their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership built in 2012 to make their cooperation deeper, more substantial and more effective, according to Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Dang Minh Khoi.

Nina L. Khrushcheva is a professor of international affairs at The New School and the co-author (with Jeffrey Tayler) of In Putin’s Footsteps: Searching for the Soul of an Empire Across Russia’s Eleven Time Zones.

Believers participate in this bathing tradition during the Orthodox celebration of Epiphany following the Julian calendar. Camera: ANATOLI MALTSEV. [Restrictions: Spain, Latin America, or the U.S. His