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Car bomb kills Russian soldier near St Petersburg in latest targeted assassination
Verified: 3 outlets in 3 countries have reported this story since Nov 12.
📍 Moscow, Russia, RU·🕐 1h ago·3 outlets
MOSCOW, Nov 12 - A Russian military serviceman was killed after the car he was driving was blown up in the Pushkinsky District of St Petersburg, investigators said in Thursday.
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✓ Verified · 3 outlets
Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
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Also reported by dailymail.com, newsweek.com (found in GDELT's list of news articles)
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Reliability ScoreVery high
91%Independent outlets3
Statusverified
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Score bands
Very high80–100%
A highly rated outlet, or several independent outletsHigh60–79%
One well-rated outlet so farModerate40–59%
A lower-rated or state-run outlet, or one report of something seriousLow20–39%
A low-rated outlet on a serious or sensitive storyVery low0–19%
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Independent outletsEach further outlet that reports the story closes 40% of the gap to 98%
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Not in the score: AI checks and reader flags. Verified is separate: two or more independent outlets and a score of at least 65%.
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medium risk