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‘He lived by the troll, he dies by the troll’: Putin takes on Prigozhin’s business empire

Kremlin appears to gain control of Wagner warlord’s troll farms as Patriot media operations shut down

The Guardian - UK

What future awaits Russia’s Wagner army and its boss, Prigozhin?

Observers say Yevgeny Prigozhin is ‘doomed’ after turning on Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Al Jazeera

St Pete/Clearwater is a real hidden gem in the Sunshine State

Western coast of Florida offers sunny getaway that can be tailored to any holiday group.

Irish Mirror

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Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner HQ raided by Russia security service as '£38m cash seized'

Wagner's HQ in St Petersburg has been raided by Vladimir Putin's Federal Security Service troops and it has been claimed £38million in cash was found stashed inside a van and two buses

Daily Mirror

Ukraine: Explosions rock Kyiv as African leaders begin ‘peace mission’

The African leaders headed to Ukraine’s capital before talks with Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg on Saturday

Evening Standard

State treason trial of Russian physicist begins in St. Petersburg

The criminal trial of a prominent Russian physicist accused of state treason opened in St Petersburg on Thursday amid tight secrecy and concerns over the health of the elderly defendant.

Reuters

Russia says it seeking third suspect over war blogger killing

Russian investigators said on Thursday they were seeking a third suspect over the April 2 killing of popular pro-war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky in an explosion at a cafe in St Petersburg.

Reuters

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How Putin’s taste for jail jargon changed Russia

Growing up in St Petersburg, Russia’s leader was fascinated with prison songs and sambo, a form of wrestling.

Al Jazeera

City of Melbourne council severs ties with Russian sister city of St Petersburg

The City of Melbourne has severed ties with its sister city St Petersburg in protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The council unanimously moved

The New Daily

‘Russian spy’ whale reappears

A whale that was accused of being a Russian spy in 2019 has reappeared, said The Times. The beluga whale was first spotted in Norway in 2019, and spent more than three years moving down the top half of the Norwegian coastline before moving on to Sweden in recent months.…

The Week

Two-year-old shot at home suffers car crash on way to hospital and dies

Police were called to the scene in St Petersburg, Florida, US, on Sunday night after a family member tried to drive the boy to hospital when they lost control and crashed into a car

Daily Mirror

Russian woman charged for ‘desecrating’ Putin grave

Irina Tsybaneva was found guilty of desecrating the Putin family plot in St Petersburg and handed a two-year suspended sentence

The Independent UK

Russian woman convicted of ‘desecrating’ grave of Putin’s parents

Irina Tsybaneva, 60, left a note on the grave of Putin’s parents that said they had raised a ‘monster and a murderer’.

Al Jazeera

Suspect in killing of Russian war blogger says she was set up

A woman accused of assassinating a prominent Russian military blogger has said she is "insanely sorry" for delivering the bomb that killed him, but that she did not know the true content of the parcel she handed him in a St Petersburg cafe a month ago.

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Daily Mirror

St Petersburg bomber seen languishing in jail after blast killed Russian blogger

The husband of Daria Trepova, 26, says she's been framed and that he is "completely sure" she would never have been able to do something like that in Russia on her own

Al Jazeera

US charges Russians, Americans for ‘malign’ influence campaign

Washington accuses Russian agents of trying to exert influence through small US groups and interfering in local vote.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Hundreds Attend Moscow Funeral of Pro-war Blogger

Hundreds of mourners, including the leader of Russia's Wagner private militia group, attended the funeral on Saturday of pro-war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky, who was killed on April 2 in a cafe bomb blast that Moscow has blamed on Ukraine. Russia charged Darya Trepova, 26, on Tuesday with terrorist offenses over…

Reuters

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Funeral held for Vladlen Tatarsky killed by bomb - with sledgehammer next to coffin

A service with sledgehammers left by the coffin of Vladlen Tatarsky who was killed in a café bomb blast in St Petersburg, has been held

Asharq Al-Awsat

Wagner Boss Slams Governor of St Petersburg, Demands Probe

The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary forces, Yevgeny Prigozhin, slammed the governor of St Petersburg, Alexander Beglov, in a power struggle playing out in the home town of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Prigozhin called Beglov a "scumbag" who was out of place in the city, and again demanded a criminal…

Daily Mirror

Boy, 4, found dead in alligator's mouth 'thrown ALIVE in lake by dad who killed mum'

A father in St Petersburg, Florida is accused of stabbing his partner over 100 times and throwing his son into a lake with alligators. Thomas Mosley, 21, has been charged with two counts of first degree murder

ABC News

Moscow alleges Ukraine and domestic opposition were behind the fatal bombing of a St Petersburg cafe. These experts aren't so sure

Experts are sceptical Ukraine and the domestic opposition were behind the bombing death of Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky and say there are others with potential motives — including factions within the Russian establishment.

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin 'approved FSB assassination of war blogger Tatarsky' while blaming Ukraine

The Russian authorities will seek to blame the Ukrainian special services and 26-year-old Daria Trepova who passed a bomb hidden in a statuette to the hardline war reporter and propagandist at a St Petersburg cafe

Reuters

In Russia's St Petersburg, locals say Finland 'making problems' with NATO accession

Citizens of St Petersburg, the Russian city closest to Finland, on Tuesday accused their neighbour of turning its back on them by joining the Western military alliance NATO, following their government's line that the accession was a hostile act.

France 24

St Petersburg café killing exposes Russia’s security woes

Moscow has blamed Ukrainian security services and supporters of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny for the killing of a prominent Russian ultranationalist blogger in a St Petersburg café. Kyiv and Navalny’s supporters have denied the allegations. But the attack on a figure with close links to the Wagner Group has…

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