HISTORICAL FACTS: 17 - Caught on Camera

Russian general killed on battlefield in Ukraine, says St Petersburg’s governor

Major General Vladimir Frolov was given a military funeral at the Serafimovskoe Cemetery in St Petersburg on Saturday

Evening Standard · Apr 17, 2022

Manhunt for three men caught on doorbell camera carrying dead body out of Airbnb

Polk County Sherriff's Office homicide detectives are asking the public to help identify three men after Xavier Johnson was gunned down in a property in St Petersburg, Florida

Daily Mirror · Apr 17, 2022

Police warn a serial killer may be gunning down pedestrians in St Petersburg, Florida

‘We’re assuming that the suspect is driving down the street, spotting these people that are walking down the street, having a conversation and then shooting them,’ says St Petersburg Police Chief Anthony Holloway

The Independent UK · Apr 13, 2022

Charity that supported St Petersburg ballet and opera closes its doors

Prince Charles was a patron of trust set up by friend of Putin to back the Russian Mariinsky theatre

The Guardian - UK · Mar 13, 2022

Britain targets Putin's allies with superyachts, jets and assets in clampdown

Today’s crackdown includes asset freezes, travel bans and measures to seize private jets and superyachts. Activists had called for the restrictions in the run-up to and after the Ukraine invasion

Daily Mirror · Mar 10, 2022

Putin’s war has closed every McDonald’s in Russia. I remember the excitement when they first opened

Thirty years ago I queued beside my St Petersburg friends on their first visit to the Golden Arches. After communism and the cold war, the ‘Beeg Mak’ was a taste of the world they had dreamed of, writes Viv Groskop

The Guardian - UK · Mar 10, 2022

Huge queues at Victoria’s Secret as chain closes Russian stores amid war in Ukraine

Huge queues hit Victoria’s Secret stores in Moscow and St Petersburg after the outlet announced it was suspending business in Russia over the war in Ukraine.

Evening Standard · Mar 10, 2022

Top Russian ballerina speaks out saying she's ashamed of Putin's invasion of Ukraine

Olga Smirnova published an emotional post on social networking platform Telegram saying she is opposed to Russia's invasion of Ukraine where she has family and friends

Daily Mirror · Mar 9, 2022

Leonardo DiCaprio nearly died in two freak plane accidents on way to meet Putin in Russia

Vladimir Putin praised Leonardo DiCaprio for being a 'real man' after the plane engine exploded on his first attempt to get to Russia, then his rescheduled flight had to make an early emergency landing

Daily Mirror · Mar 8, 2022

Dozens of firms have cut ties with Russia in the past week

The companies have cut ties with Russia in an act of solidarity against Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine

Wales Online · Mar 4, 2022