The Latest Breaking News from St Petersburg

Some 3,000 labour migrants detained in St Petersburg alone as Vladimir Putin takes to increasingly desperate measures to make up for Ukraine war losses

External Affairs Minister Jaishankar visits school named after Tagore in St Petersburg, Russia, pays homage to Nobel laureate and meets Governor Beglov.

The playoff-bound Tampa Bay Rays put the finishing touches on plans for a new 30,000-seat ballpark in St. Petersburg

Karin Kneissl is relocating to Russia to lead a thinktank she established in collaboration with St Petersburg University

Karin Kneissl says she is moving to Russia to lead a thinktank she set up with St Petersburg University

Pope Francis’s video speech to the All-Russian Meeting of Catholic Youth in St Petersburg, urging them to “not forget their heritage” has caused quite a stir. What struck a bitter chord internationally – and especially in Ukraine – about the remarks he delivered on August 25 was not so much…

Wagner Group head Yevgeny Prigozhin died in a plane crash last week. Many Russians are mourning — and speculating about the crash.

Secrecy had surrounded the funeral arrangements for the Wagner mercenary boss who was killed in a plane crash.

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has been buried in a private funeral in St Petersburg, his press service has said.