Hey. Citizen of Saint-Petersburg here. Been surfing through reddit for a long time in "read only" status and what i saw that people are usually interested in some stories related to thread. And also there are not so many comments from russians, so i thought it would be interesting for you to read about the weirdest trip i had to make through the centre of my beloved city. If you are interested in some hot stories about how i escaped panic-stricken from blown up train jumping over dead bodies and covering my face from smoke, well, i was not THERE. Usually, in such situations many people may say something like "oh, i passed this station 10 minutes before, i was close" or, for example, "shit, i wanted to take this flight, but my card was blocked. i was so close" and etc. I felt something like this. The long story short, i got fired today. My senior manager called me and asked to come into her office. I can't say i was not expecting this or that i am sad, but it is what it is. It was a shitty job and they exposed me, that i was searching for another one. It does not really matter actually, so i packed my stuff and went away. The office building was at the Parnas station (it's the terminal station on blue line), and i live at Kupchino (same line, southern terminal station). So i entered metro, bought a token, and while i was descending underground on an escalator and thinking about what the fuck i'm going to do with the source of income, that awfully gloomy voice said through the speakers: "Attention! Stations Sennaya, Nevskiy prospect and Technologicheskiy institut are closed for entrance and exit". It was repeated four or five times before i get into the train, thinking, that it's fucking unusual that three central and most crowded stations are closed simultaneously. I'm still thinking why and how the fuck we started to go down the blue line, but after we passed Pionerskaya station, i got a call from my friend who said: "Dude, where are you? It's fucking insane, i just got from Sennaya and i think there was an explosion or something" "I am going there right now" - i said. "Get the fuck out" - said my friend and i immediately took his advice on the next station. I walked out on the station called Chernaya Rechka. By that time even more stations were already closed, but i don't recall which are exactly. Many people were wondering near the entrance into the station, talking on their phones about what happened. I have never been in this part of Saint-P, so had to look up for how to return home using only above-ground transport. While i was checking maps and shit, a random old man approached me asking what's the route of the bus number 10. I said i don't know, i never been here before and trying to figure out the same thing. "Who do you think done this?" - he asked. "I don't know" - i said (tbh i already had some ideas related to conspiracy theories and shit, but i'll keep them with me). "Fucking shit. Petersburg is a neutral city. We don't deserve this to happen there" - he said. "Ten people died. I think there is more." "Yeah" - i said and dude left me alone. By that time that sepulchral voice from speakers said that the whole metro is blocked. So Chernaya rechka is not so far away from the centre of Saint-Petersburg and i decided to take a trolley from Ligovskiy prospect and get there on foot (you may check the google maps or smth to have a rough idea about my route). It was exhausting walk through the muggy weather, thick air and anxiety. Also i had a heavy bag full of my stuff from work and was constantly calling and receiving calls from my friends and relatives talking about how are we how am i and all that stuff. All my loved ones and me are OK. As i was getting closer to the centre, the more loud became the sounds of sirens and more police, ambulance and special security services cars passed by. There is a stereotype that all russians are gloomy and don't smile, partially that's true, but you really would not want to see how dark our faces might become. Almost everyone on Nevskiy prospect was stunned, some were crying, but for the most part just checking their beloved on the cellphones. Huge amount of police, Emergencies Ministry helicopters, sirens, ambulances, bus stops crowded with hundreds of people, who got evacuated from metro, i still can not believe what i saw today. Anyways, i managed to get on Ligovskiy prospect and took a trolley which successfully got me in my hood. Trolley was crowded, but people remained dead silent, talking only on their phones from time to time. Oh no. There were two girls and one cup, which were constantly speaking shit like "Haha, check the traffic jam on Nevskiy, oh shit that's huge! Check the comments. Oh shit 31k comments wow (they were in VKontakte (russian facebook)). 132 people watched the video i made on Nevskiy, but i only have 5 likes. Let's watch some videos. Wow what the fuck that's crazy" and etc. Don't know why, but that pissed me off. They shut up after ten minutes or so when they realised that the whole trolley was looking at them like on a couple of sluts devouring shit straight from the asshole. I am at home now. Safe and cozy. RIP those who died and i wish their families and friends to stay strong. I don't even think of my job, as there are things of much much more importance than doing dull and boring shit for money.