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Putin toughens terrorist recruitment sentences

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Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law Friday a bill toughening sentences for terrorist recruitment as the country deals with the issue of returning jihadists from Syria. Official publication of the law came two days after a bomb attack on a supermarket in Saint Petersburg, Russia's second city, injured 14 people. The new law, which parliament voted through on December 14 andRead more

Russia's Putin calls Saint Petersburg blast 'act of terror'

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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday called an explosion that wounded 13 people at a supermarket in Saint Petersburg one day earlier "an act of terror." "As you know, an act of terror took place in Saint Petersburg yesterday," Putin said at a meeting of military officers in the Kremlin. source: AFPRead more

10 hurt in Saint Petersburg supermarket bombing

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A homemade bomb blast at a supermarket in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg injured 10 people on Wednesday, officials said, sparking a probe into attempted murder. "According to preliminary information, an explosion of an unidentified object occurred in a store," a spokeswoman for Russia's Investigative Committee, Svetlana Petrenko, said in a statement. The blast was caused by a "homemade explosive deviceRead more

Blast reported in Saint Petersburg supermarket, several injured

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An explosion at a supermarket in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg injured several people Wednesday, officials said. A probe was launched after "an unidentified object" exploded, Investigative Committee spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko told RIA-Novosti. "Four people have been hospitalised." Police said the blast occurred in a supermarket northeast of the city centre. Source: AlarabiyaRead more

Saint Petersburg blast caused by 'homemade explosive device'

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A blast in a supermarket in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg that injured at least four people on Wednesday was caused by a homemade bomb, an official said. "A homemade explosive device with the power equivalent to 200 grammes of TNT filled with lethal fragments went off in a Saint Petersburg shopping centre," Investigative Committee spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko toldRead more

Blast in Saint Petersburg injuries four, say officials

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Russia faces 'very real' threat of attack at World Cup

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Russia says it will take extraordinary measures to combat any terrorist threat when it hosts the World Cup next year, as its military campaign in Syria makes the country a prime target for jihadists. A bombing on the metro in Saint Petersburg in April that left 15 people dead was among the recent high-profile terror attacks on Russian soil. TheRead more

Russian police detain 380 at anti-Putin protests

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The number of activists detained by Russian police at anti-Putin protests across the country on Sunday has increased to 380, a monitoring group said. "We know of 380 detained. 13 were detained in Saint Petersburg and 346 in Moscow, who were taken to 19 police stations," said OVD-Info, a rights group that monitors detentions at political protests. Moscow police saidRead more

Suspected IS recruiter arrested in Saint Petersburg

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A suspected Islamic State recruiter has been arrested in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg, officials said Friday. Tajikistan national "Farkhod Nazarov, suspected of aiding terrorism, has been arrested and will be detained until December 12," said a statement from a court in Russia's second city, scene of a deadly underground train bombing in April. The 33-year-old suspect recruited centralRead more

Russian police detain 66 anti-Putin protesters: monitors

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Russian police on Saturday violently broke up an opposition rally in Saint Petersburg and detained more than 60 people protesting against President Vladimir Putin on his birthday, a monitoring group said. Artyom Platov, spokesman for OVD-Info, a group that monitors politically motivated arrests, said at least 66 had been arrested in Russia's second city and Putin's hometown. "These are theRead more