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Western sanctions have not torpedoed Russia's economy, however, and Moscow has nurtured ties with China, major regional powers in the Middle East and across Africa and Latin America

An emergency damaged an apartment building in St Petersburg Saturday morning, Russian authorities said. Russian state news agency Tass said that the damage was caused by an explosion, while local news and social media said that a drone had hit the building. The Associated Press could not verify these claims. There were no casualties, St Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov wrote on Telegram. The Mash news site said that the apartment building was hit by a Ukrainian drone. It published videos appearing to show the moment the apartment building was struck, showing a strong flash of light engulfing one side of the building and fragments of debris flying into the air. Another video showed car alarms going off. The videos could not be immediately verified. Russia's Defence Ministry has not commented on the incident.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday visited a school named after Rabindranath Tagore in St Petersburg city in Russia and paid homage to the Nobel laureate. Posting a video clip of his visit to the school on X, Jaishankar, currently on a five-day visit to Russia, wrote, "Their passion for India was truly moving. See for yourself." "Delighted to visit the School #653 named after Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore in St. Petersburg," he said. In the video, the minister was seen being welcomed by the students dressed in both Indian and Russian traditional attire. He was also offered a traditional delicacy. Jaishankar paid homage to a statue of Tagore installed in the school. A cultural programme was also organised for the event. Tagore had spent a significant amount of time in Russia, where he was influenced by its culture and literary traditions. His book 'Letters on Russia', written during his travels, vividly describes the details of the Soviet Russian scene of that time. I

According to a decree signed by Putin on Sunday, the Russian state had taken control of Danone's Russian subsidiary along with beer company Carlsberg's stake in a brewer

Russia was stripped of hosting the Champions League final by UEFA on Friday with St. Petersburg replaced by Paris after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

A suicide bomber was behind the attack that killed 14 people and left dozens wounded

The bomb blast tore through a subway train deep under Russia's second-largest city yesterday

Hours later, police also defused a shrapnel-packed explosive device at station

Since 2015, China leads in the number of foreign tourists visiting the Russian city

Officers visit to mark the 50th anniversary of relations between St Petersburg and Mumbai