All subway stations were closed at 3:40 p.m. local time (12:40 GMT) in St. Petersburg after evacuating all passengers.
At least 10 death tolls and 50 injuries were previously reported by Russian media.
No Chinese citizens have been reported in the casualties so far. The Chinese embassy and consulate in Russia are further verifying relevant information.
In addition, another explosive device was reportedly found at the metro station "Ploshchad Vosstaniya", which did not explode.
St. Petersburg authorities announced three days of mourning in the city while Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was holding a meeting outside St. Petersburg, expressed condolences to the injured and families of the deceased.
Local authorities have decided to provide 23 million rubles (about 408,000 U.S. Dollars) for assistance to the families of those killed and injured, Interfax news agency quoted the press service for Deputy Governor Anna Mityanina as saying.
Russia's Investigative Committee (IC) has opened a criminal case on the explosion.
"Despite the fact that the criminal case has been launched under Article 205 of the Russian Criminal Code (terrorist act), the investigators will probe other potential causes of the incident," IC's spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko said.
According to an official statement by the IC, a group of experienced investigators and criminologists from the central office of the Investigative Committee was sent to St. Petersburg. Initial investigative actions are being carried out.
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