Russia Says Six Terrorist Recruiters Detained in Saint Petersburg

Russia on Wednesday probed the potential motives of the alleged bomber behind a blast in the Saint Petersburg metro that killed 14 people, as the grieving city mourned its dead. Investigators have identified the attacker as 22-year-old Akbarjon Djalilov, believed to be a Russian national born in Central Asian Kyrgyzstan, ...

Turkey Violating Syrian Sovereignty in Idlib: Syrian Ambassador to Russia

Syrian Ambassador to Russia Riyad Haddad denounced Turkish seizing of Syrian territory as a violation of Syria’s sovereignty and UN Security Council resolutions. In an interview with Sputnik, Haddad said Turkey’s actions in the Syrian province of Idlib, the seizing of Syrian territory, and building of camps to train militants in the area, is a violation ...

‘No Defense’ against Multiple Russian Missiles: US General

The United States and its allies would have “no defense” against large numbers of ground-launched cruise missiles of the type recently deployed by Russia, a top US general warned Tuesday. Washington has repeatedly accused Moscow of deploying a land-based cruise missile system in contravention of a 1987 US-Russia arms control ...

Death Toll Rises to 14 in St Petersburg Metro Blast Carried out by Akbarjon Djalilov

Fourteen people have died as a result of a blast that ripped through a train carriage on the Saint Petersburg metro, Russia’s health minister said Tuesday. “We can state today that 14 people have died,”  Veronika Skvortsova told journalists, adding that 49 people are still hospitalised after the explosion on ...

Putin Honouring Memory of St Petersburg Metro Victims

Suicide Bomber behind Metro Attack: Russia

Russia’s Investigative Committee said Tuesday that they suspected a suicide bomber was behind the attack in the Saint Petersburg metro Monday that killed 14 people and injured dozens. Investigators said in a statement that “it has been established that the explosive device could have been activated by a man whose ...

Iran Expresses Solidarity with Russia after St. Petersburg Metro Attack

Iran expressed solidarity with Russia on Tuesday, a day after a terrorist attack claimed lives of 11 people in St. Petersburg metro. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi denounced the terrorist attack on Monday, saying that creating insecurity and massacre of innocent people is the most contemptuous act to achieve ...

Kazakhstan Jointly Probes St. Petersburg Metro Blast With Russia

Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee (NSC) is working with the Russian Federal Security Service to investigate the deadly St. Petersburg metro explosions, the NSC deputy chair said Tuesday. “We have been actively involved in the work since receiving the message on the act of terrorism. Colleagues from the FSB got in touch a couple of hours later,” NSC Deputy Chairman ...