Television crews will start recording their adventure show at famous military buildings near St. Petersburg. The STS network received official permission to use Fort Emperor Alexander I during the summer months. Cameras will roll starting next month as celebrities compete for money prizes. The production company Ostrov Fortov helps organize the entire filming process. Officials gave the show makers access keys during the recent economic forum.
Six famous people will face challenging tasks across both historic locations. Kronshlot fort serves as the main treasure hunting spot for contestants. Participants must complete difficult missions similar to previous versions of the program. Winners walk away with serious cash rewards after...
People will light thousands of candles across Palace Square late Sunday night. The Candle of Memory event happens every year to remember those who died during wartime. Volunteers start setting up 80,000 candles at 11 PM sharp. This marks 84 years since the Great Patriotic War began back during 1941. The ceremony honors 27 million people who lost their lives fighting between 1941 and 1945.
Russians have held this special memorial for two decades already. Millions of citizens join the remembrance activities from cities all around the country. People living outside Russia also participate from their homes abroad. The event brings communities together to think about those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Families often attend these...
Party leader Leonid Slutsky shared news about honoring Vladimir Zhirinovsky during the business forum. He said a statue of the LDPR founder could appear in St. Petersburg soon. Slutsky thanked Governor Alexander Beglov and his team for helping with the project. The current party head believes there's a strong chance this will happen. He praised the local government for working with them on remembering Zhirinovsky.
Workers are also building another monument in Sevastopol right around the same time. Party members expect to open that statue during the fall season. They are fixing all the paperwork and planning details for both projects. The Sevastopol monument should be ready within a few months. Officials are making sure everything goes...
President Putin talked about a special meeting called Open Dialogue during the business forum. He wants countries around the world to work together better. More than 100 nations have already joined these talks. Russia hopes to create a fair place where all countries can grow their economies. Putin believes everyone must work together to solve big problems that affect the whole world.
The Open Dialogue meeting happened on June 18 at the National Center called Russia. Experts came from different places like Cameroon, Spain, Azerbaijan and Canada. Students who wrote the best essays also got to speak at the event. They talked about new ways to help economies grow stronger. The group also discussed how populations change and what new...
A young man crashed his rental car into a big truck during morning traffic. The accident happened on the inner part of KAD road near St. Petersburg. Police from the Main Directorate told reporters about what went wrong. The 19-year-old driver missed seeing where the road became narrow. His car smashed into water barriers before hitting the MAN truck.
The teenager was driving a shared Geely car when everything went bad. He had a 17-year-old friend riding with him during the crash. Both young people got hurt really badly and needed medical help. The truck driver was not mentioned as being injured. Emergency crews rushed both teens to the hospital for treatment.
Police officers came to the crash scene to figure out what happened. They...
President Putin talked about money matters at a major business meeting in St. Petersburg. He shared how Russia fights poverty and plans to help people earn more cash. The country cut down poor families from 42 million to just 10.5 million over many years. Last year alone, poverty dropped a record 7.2 percent across the nation. Putin wants to push that number down to just 5 percent of all Russians.
Workers need better chances to climb up at their jobs and switch companies when they want. People should feel free to move between cities for work opportunities. Russia plans to build an economy where everyone earns higher wages through better productivity. The president believes this approach will help families live better lives. More money...
The Mariinsky Theatre made history when it showed the world's first opera finished with computer help. The show called Mandrake opened on June 19 at the theater's New Stage. Smart computer programs helped create this musical story based on ideas from famous Russian composers Tchaikovsky and Rachinsky. The show became a major highlight during the St. Petersburg Economic Forum and the White Nights festival. This new production marks an exciting moment when art meets modern technology.
Three different computer systems worked on separate parts of the opera. GigaChat wrote the words that singers perform during the show. SymFormer completed the musical parts that the orchestra plays. Kandinsky designed all the beautiful stage decorations and...
A court sent sixteen teenagers to prison after they hurt people and made hate videos. The Moscow District Court of St. Petersburg decided their punishment. Each member received between three and a half years to four years and eight months behind bars. The young criminals were between fourteen and eighteen years old. They committed crimes of hooliganism and spreading hate against different groups.
The gang started causing trouble around 2023 when they began attacking random people on the streets. They would fight with anyone walking past them and record everything on video. The teenagers posted these violent clips on a Telegram channel for others to watch. They also encouraged viewers to hurt Russians and Uzbeks during their online...
A pizza delivery guy shot a customer with an aerosol gun after they started fighting. The whole mess happened on June 9 when the courier brought food to someone's house in Gorelovo. The two men got into a heated argument about something during the delivery. The delivery worker pulled out a Pioneer pistol and fired it at the customer. He took off running right after shooting the weapon.
The customer ended up with nasty injuries all over his face and neck area. He also suffered from thermal burns and multiple bruises from the attack. Doctors had to treat him at a medical facility because of how badly he was hurt. The wounds were serious enough that he needed professional care. Medical staff worked to help him recover from what happened...
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