In this week's Odder News, a military band delights a kindergarten class with songs from cartoons, Russian food might be able to make it in New York, and a Moscow nurse has had enough of this pandemic.

A romantic shoreline walk turned into a romantic ice floe ride in Archangelsk, whisking away a pair of in-love teenagers on a Russian adventure.

In this week's Odder News, the lights go out for Earth Hour; egg sandwiches get their due; and a huge crack opens up in a St. Petersburg apartment building.

Rescuers at the Amur Tiger Center are always happy to lend a helping hand (or paw) to tigers in need.  

The Russian Duma is seriously considering putting a slow end to the dolphin and whale display industry.

This creative conservation project benefits both the endangered snow leopards in the Altai region and local farmers and their livestock.

Unusually warm weather brings bright yellow blossoms to the region much earlier than normal.

Eight little penguin chicks make for one very lucky aquarium in Russia's Far East. 

It’s plain sailing for the Russian Federation along the Northern Sea Route, thanks to melting ice caps.

With abnormally cold weather in Yakutsk, Russian TV news channels have been promoting the city's Kingdom of Permafrost and annual ice sculpture competition.

Pack your bikinis and speedos: it's time for Russian winter!

Our intrepid Far Eastern explorer gets it into his head to trek through uninhabited wilds in order to ascend his region’s tallest peak. Not all goes to plan.