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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 563

St. Petersburg

Andrey Kozlov is presumed captive in Gaza, after Hamas terrorists attacked the Supernova desert rave where he was working as a security guard (Courtesy)
November 3, 2023, 4:28 pm
Russian-Israeli Andrey Kozlov rescued by IDF from Gaza after 8 months in captivity
Kozlov, 27, moved to Israel from Russia about a year ago and worked as a security guard at the Supernova rave
By ToI Staff
A portrait of the late head of the Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin is set at an informal street memorial for Wagner Group members killed in a plane crash, near the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, August 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
August 29, 2023, 8:00 pm
Memorial held for Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin
Bereaved invited to cemetery in St. Petersburg to say farewell to mercenary leader killed in plane crash, months after challenging Putin’s rule
By AP
A portrait of the owner of private military company Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin is set at an informal street memorial for Wagner Group's military group members killed in a plane crash on Wednesday, near the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
August 29, 2023, 3:16 pm
Putin not planning to attend Wagner chief Prigozhin’s burial
Mercenary leader who led abortive coup likely to be interred in same St. Petersburg cemetery where Putin’s parents are buried
By AP
Brother John Muhammad (Courtesy)
December 8, 2022, 4:30 am
Despite push, Jewish leaders can’t keep Farrakhan follower off Florida city council
Pressed on his views at a council vote in which he was ultimately approved 4-3, Brother John Muhammed refuses to condemn the Nation of Islam leader’s antisemitism
By Andrew Lapin
Police officers detain a woman during a protest against Russian military action in Ukraine, in Manezhnaya Square in central Moscow on March 13, 2022. (AFP)
March 13, 2022, 3:24 pm
More than 250 detained across Russia in protests against Ukraine invasion
Demonstrations held in over 20 cities, including Moscow and St. Petersburg, with some riot police seen with ‘Z’ on their helmets, a symbol of support for the military action
By Agencies
Police detain a man during a rally in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny in downtown Moscow on January 23, 2021 (NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP)
January 23, 2021, 3:08 pm
Russia arrests over 350 protesters rallying for Navalny’s release
Opposition figure’s wife among those detained; thousands of demonstrators demand release, hold signs that read ‘Russia will be free,’ chant ‘Putin is a thief’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A billboard advertising the Novoselye housing firm showing an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man as a money lender, in St. Petersburg, Russia, July 2019. (Courtesy Jeps.ru/via JTA)
August 16, 2019, 12:01 am
Russian firm removes anti-Semitic ad featuring Orthodox Jew
Asset management company Novoselye, which used a Haredi Jew as a cartoon money lender on billboards in St. Petersburg, takes them down after complaints
By Cnaan Liphshiz
French President Emmanuel Macron (right) during a joint press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) following their meeting at the Versailles Palace, near Paris, on May 29, 2017. (AFP Photo/Christophe Archambault)
May 24, 2018, 12:24 pm
Macron to discuss Iran nuclear deal with Putin as points of view coincide
Despite deep differences between France and Russia on Syria and Crimea, countries could be getting closer as both try to salvage 2015 accord
By AP
Russian police officers detain a participant of an unauthorized anti-Putin rally called by opposition leader Alexei Navalny on May 5, 2018 in Moscow (AFP/Maxim Zmeyev)
May 5, 2018, 5:35 pm
Thousands take part in anti-Putin protests across Russia, 350 arrested
Police in riot gear wade into the crowd and are seen grabbing some demonstrators and leading them away
By Agencies
Russian-born Israeli Mikhail Verevskoy who was killed in a suspected anti-Semitic attack in Russia (Facebook)
April 4, 2018, 9:32 am
Israeli man beaten to death in Russia in suspected anti-Semitic attack
Mikhail Verevskoy, 27, succumbs five days after he was assaulted outside his St. Petersburg apartment building; his wife is about to give birth
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative: Police officers guard the entrance to Sennaya Square metro station in St. Petersburg, on April 3, 2017. (AFP Photo/Olga Maltseva)
December 27, 2017, 8:03 pm
Blast in Saint Petersburg supermarket injures 4, say officials
Without mentioning terrorism as a possible cause, Investigative Committee spokesman says incident classed as attempted murder
By AFP
Waves crash on the Jacksonville Beach Fishing Pier in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, as Hurricane Irma approaches Florida on September 9, 2017. (Bob Mack/The Florida Times-Union via AP)
September 10, 2017, 2:49 pm
Irma bashes Florida Keys as Category 4 hurricane menaces mainland
Eyewall hits archipelago with maximum sustained winds near 130 mph ahead of expected landfall near St. Petersburg
By Tamara Lush and JAY REEVES
Rough surf churned up by the approaching hurricane damages the docks at Whale Harbor in the Florida Keys as winds and rain from the outer bands of Hurricane Irma arrive in Islamorada, Florida on September 9, 2017. (AFP/Gaston De Cardenas)
September 10, 2017, 8:00 am
Hurricane Irma lashes Keys, veers westward toward St. Petersburg
Monster storm skirts past Miami, but south Florida metropolis still expected to get heavy winds and 4-6 foot storm surge
By AP
Illustrative: Facebook notifications on a smartphone. (JaysonPhotography/Istock by Getty Images)
September 7, 2017, 5:14 am
Facebook: Russia-based ‘troll farm’ targeted US voters with divisive ads
Social media giant tells US authorities it found some $100,000 worth of ads likely originating in St. Petersburg touching on issues like refugees and LGBT rights
By AP
Director Alexei Uchitel attends the closing ceremony during the Saint Petersburg International Media Forum at the Old Stock Exchange on October 10, 2014 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. (Kristina Nikishina/Getty Images for SPIMF)
September 1, 2017, 9:20 pm
Firebombs hit studio of Russian-Jewish film director reviled by nationalists
Alexei Uchitel’s St. Petersburg HQ targeted over upcoming movie about extramarital affair between Czar Nicholas II, ballerina
By JTA
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