{"id":396803,"date":"2026-09-11T11:43:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T11:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/396803\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T11:43:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T11:43:06","slug":"st-petersburg-metro-prepares-9-stations-as-civil-defense-shelters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/396803\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Petersburg Metro Prepares 9 Stations as Civil Defense Shelters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The St. Petersburg Metro plans to adapt nine stations for use as civil defense shelters amid growing concerns over potential emergencies and attacks, Russian media outlet Fontanka <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fontanka.ru\/2026\/09\/10\/76635093\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The project also covers four underground sections and around 35 kilometers (22 miles) of metro tracks, according to documents published on Russia\u2019s government procurement portal.<\/p>\n<p>JOIN US ON TELEGRAM<\/p>\n<p>Follow our coverage of the war on the <a class=\"inarticle_link\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/Kyivpost_official\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@Kyivpost_official<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the metro began looking for a contractor to prepare a feasibility study for the planned work. The contractor will determine which facilities need to be built, upgraded with additional equipment, or converted into protective shelters.<\/p>\n<p>The study must also assess risks including changes in groundwater levels, ongoing urban development, and aging equipment.<\/p>\n<p>Two emergency scenarios must be considered: an industrial disaster and a fire.<\/p>\n<p>Particular attention will be paid to ventilation systems. If contaminated air enters the shelters, they must be capable of filtering out radioactive dust, aerosols, and toxic substances.<\/p>\n<p>The St. Petersburg Metro had already conducted a similar price-monitoring exercise in March, suggesting the shelter preparations have been under consideration for months.<\/p>\n<p>The city is also carrying out a broader inventory of civil defense shelters. Authorities inspected 2,633 sites in 2025, including standalone shelters and facilities located inside residential buildings. 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The vessel had previously been seen escorting tankers linked to Russia\u2019s shadow fleet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The St. Petersburg Metro plans to adapt nine stations for use as civil defense shelters amid growing concerns&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":396804,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-396803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}