Security update just in from Russia

3 April - RPS Partnership

We have just received this security alert from Russia and wanted to share it as quickly as possible. Contact us on [email protected] if you need any advice or training to travel to difficult or strange places!

Local media sources reported that two explosions occurred on a metro train at the Sennaya Ploshchad station in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Social media reports indicated that the explosions caused multiple casualties, with the state media citing a police source saying that at least 10 people were killed.

Metro stations in proximity to the area have reportedly been shut by authorities.

Although authorities have not made a statement regarding the cause of the explosion, Islamist militants originating from the North Caucasus have targeted the transportation network in Russian cities several times in recent years, with bombings in Moscow in 2010 killing 40 people and bombings in Volvograd in 2013 killing 32 people.

If the authorities confirm the incident as a terrorist attack, severe security measures in large cities and a crackdown on suspected militants in the North Caucasus are likely in the coming weeks.

Our next Hostile Environment Awareness Training or Hostile Environment Training (HET) is in May 8-10. more information is attached. Download it, then contact us [email protected] for the registration form or download it from our website.

Photo: St petersberg metro