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Threats about 50 bombs planted along the route by which President Putin's motorcade was to move down the streets of St Petersburg proved false, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told TASS agency.

"Telephone terrorists made prank phone calls all day long," he said. "About 60 phone calls were taken today as of the early morning. Reports concerned fifty or so bombs allegedly planted in various places, including the ones located along the route of Putin's motorcade, or at the facilities in the neighborhood of the places he was expected to visit".

Peskov also told that 'telephone terrorists' have not been identified so far but in all probability, they are based abroad.

"I don't have any doubts it will be established sooner or later [who made the fake reports]," Peskov said. 'These are telephone hooligans or telephone terrorists or whatever you call them. Beyond any doubt, this is criminal activity and surely they will be found sooner or later."