US tip-off helped Russia halt terrorist attack in St Petersburg: Kremlin

Information provided by the Central Intelligence Agency allowed Russian law-enforcement agencies to prevent a planned attack on the Kazansky Cathedral in Russia's second largest city of St Petersburg, and arrest the plotters, the Kremlin was quoted as saying.

By: Reuters | Moscow | Updated: December 18, 2017 1:00 am

Russia says that CIA tip off helped in preventing attack in St. Petersburg

Vladimir Putin, in his phone call with Donald Trump, said Russia would alert US authorities if it received any information about any attack being planned on the United States, Interfax quoted the Kremlin as saying.

Russian President Vladimir Putin telephoned US President Donald Trump on Sunday to thank him for a tip-off that helped prevent a terrorist bomb attack on a cathedral in the Russia city of St Petersburg, the Kremlin said.