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Seven people are killed and six others are injured when a passenger bus plunges from the Potseluev Bridge into the Moyka river in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
2024-05-10

Russian pro-government war correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky is killed by a bombing at a café in Saint Petersburg owned by oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin. Sixteen others are injured.
2023-04-2

Philadelphia Flyers prospect and former CSKA Moscow goaltender Ivan Fedotov is arrested in Saint Petersburg for allegedly evading military service.
2022-07-1

Russian artist Yevgenia Isayeva douses herself in fake blood during an anti-war protest in Saint Petersburg. She is later detained by police.
2022-03-27

Finland's state-owned VR Group announces that it will suspend all train services on the Riihimäki–Saint Petersburg railway, which connects Helsinki and Saint Petersburg, on March 28. The suspension will close one of the last public transport routes to the European Union for Russians.
2022-03-25

UEFA announces that the 2022 UEFA Champions League Final will be moved from Saint Petersburg, Russia, in response to the invasion of Ukraine.
2022-02-24

Over 3,500 people are detained in Russia amid nationwide protests in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Moscow officials say 29 people have received medical assistance in hospitals, while a female protester in Saint Petersburg is currently in intensive care after being kicked by a riot police officer.
2021-01-23

Russia’s first floating nuclear power plant, the "Akademik Lomonosov," sets sail across the Baltic Sea from St. Petersburg.
2018-04-30

A bomb goes off in a supermarket in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg, injuring at least 10 people. Police say they are treating the blast as an attempted terror attack. Social media accounts linked to ISIL have claimed responsibility.
2017-12-27

Russian police detain more than 150 people including prominent opponents of Prime Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin such as former Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov, following protests in Moscow and Saint Petersburg in support of freedom of assembly.
2010-08-31