Archive List for St Petersburg

Hundreds detained at Navalny memorials in Russia | #AJshorts

Police in Russia have detained more than 400 people at memorials honouring Alexey Navalny, the staunch Putin critic who authorities say fell unconscious and died on Friday. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News

Private funeral held for Wagner chief Prigozhin in St Petersburg

Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is laid to rest at a private funeral near St Petersburg, Russia, a week after he died in a plane crash, according to his press service. His press service said Prigozhin was buried in a private ceremony outside his home city of St Petersburg. The Kremlin said President Vladimir Putin would not attend the funeral of his former ally. Services were also held for other leaders of the mercenary group who the Kremlin says were killed a plane crash last Wednesday. They included Valery Chekalov, senior deputy of Wagner’s head of logistics. Journalist Yulia Shapovalova joins us live from Moscow to discuss the latest updates. […]

St Petersburg explosion: Russian military blogger killed

A leading Russian military blogger who supported the invasion of Ukraine has been killed in a bomb attack on a cafe in central St Petersburg. Vladlen Tatarsky – whose real name was Maxim Fomin – was a member of a blogging group known as Cyber Front Z, which had hired out the cafe for an event. Witnesses say the bomb was hidden in a statuette he was presented with. 25 people were injured. Al Jazeera’s Dorsa Jabbari reports from Moscow, Russia. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #Russia #Russianblogger #blast […]