Russia's security service has told Russian news agencies that it raided the Church of Scientology's branch in St. Petersburg as part of a probe into illegal entrepreneurship, extremism, and ...

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Reporting from ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Protesters rallied in St. Petersburg on Saturday against plans by city authorities to give a landmark cathedral to the Russian Orthodox Church amid an ...

Saint Petersburg, Russia, ... Your classroom is an incredibly beautiful city where the light bounces from the silvery Neva river to the gleaming church spires, ...

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St PETERSBURG, July 23. /TASS/. St. Petersburg diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church said on Thursday it had filed a petition for handing to it on the terms of gratuity the city’s landmark ...

A choral reinterpretation of a Cold War ditty depicting a Russian nuclear attack on Washington has variously drawn wild cheers, contrition, and ridicule for its glib message amid mounting nuclear ...

In comments made by video to Catholic youth in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Friday, Pope Francis praised 18th-century Russian rulers and the Great Russia they helped create — an empire that ...

St Petersburg is one of Europe’s great cultural cities. Brimming with museums, galleries and theatres, it offers visitors endless opportunities to discover not just Russian traditions and ...

But travelers can also find memories of St. Petersburg’s darker history: In 1917, the Russian Revolution started in the streets, ultimately doing away with the czars and ushering in the Soviet era.

Ten must-do activities for your next trip to St. Petersburg. ... Russia's naval center offers a lot of highlights to ... The church was erected on the site of the 1881 assassination of Tsar ...