Russia: new route to India

Brussels 16.06.2022 Two forty-foot containers with wood laminate weighing 41 tons were sent from St. Petersburg to Astrakhan. From the port of Astrakhan, the cargo will be delivered across the Caspian Sea to the Iranian port of Anzali, from there it will reach the port of Banda Abbas on the coast of the Persian Gulf…

Putin thanks Trump for counter-terrorism cooperation

Vladimir Putin called to Donald Trump to thank him for what White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said was “information the United States provided that helped foil a potential holiday terrorist attack in Russia.” Trump says Putin "called to thank me" for US tip that helped stop planned terrorist attack https://t.co/R9VrcTlC62 pic.twitter.com/imB3PyLqN9 — The Hill (@thehill)…

Rubens daughter portrait at Christie’s

At Christie’s London on July 5 the portrait of  Peter Paul Rubens daughter Clara will be exposed for the final sale while  it’s being valued between $4 million and $6.8 million. £3m Round-Tripping Rubens Portrait at Christie’s https://t.co/BLzT8GeU5v pic.twitter.com/o1xMkCQmNQ — LiveArt (@artmarket) May 1, 2018 The Metropolitan Museum of Art (USA) set the painting for…

Putin admits “terrorist act” in Saint-Petersburg

Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted the obvious: a blast of a ‘needle bomb’ in St. Petersburg on Wednesday evening in a supermarket is a “terrorist act”. The head of state ordered Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) to act within the law when detaining criminals, but in the situation of a threat to the lives of…

Russia-US: business has a key role

Russian President Vladimir Putin is grateful to US businessmen for their participation in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum against the backdrop of the continuing slump in Russian-US relations. “I would like to thank all Russian and US organizers, I would like to thank our American friends for coming to today’s event,” Putin said in…

St.Petersburg CCTV images of an alleged terrorist

Russian media realised an image of an alleged terrorist, the CCTV image started to circulate soon after the explosion was defined as a ‘terrorist act’. #ЭКСКЛЮЗИВ: Камера запечатлела предполагаемого виновника после взрыва в метро Петербургаhttps://t.co/yJ3Qqz7J6o pic.twitter.com/kH8Mq49fGl — РЕН ТВ | Новости (@rentvchannel) April 3, 2017 REN TV publishes a photo of the alleged terrorist who…

Terrorist act during Putin’s visit to St.Petersburg

In the metro of Petersburg on a ‘blue line’ there was a terrorist act. On the runway between the stations “Sennaya” and “Technological Institute” around 14:40 a self-made device exploded . Further,  at the station “Ploshchad Vosstaniya” another device was found and neutralized. The explosion was carried out not by a suicide bomber, but most…

“Terrorist act” in Saint-Petersburg

On Monday about 15 hours in St. Petersburg at the metro station “Technological Institute” there was an explosion. Governor of St. Petersburg Georgy Poltavchenko said that, according to preliminary data, 10 people were killed and 20 injured. The Prosecutor General’s Office called the explosion in the subway a terrorist act, the Investigative Committee opened a…