In America, people go to country clubs to escape from the drudgery they bear. In Russia, bears escape from country clubs.

Citizens of Krasnoyarsk are figuring out how to make the best out of a pretty water-logged situation. 

Russia hosted the world's largest synchronized footrace at the end of May.

In this week's Odder News, a city mayor uses TikTok and Grand Theft Auto to communicate with his constituents, the Teletubbies show up in Norilsk, and a Perm barn is sacrificed to TikTok.

Alien or art? Scary sculptures are invading Kurgan. 

As residents of Arhangelsk were unable to use the tap, one city worker made the best of a bad situation.

The only things in the village more important than the post office are the store that carries bread and the walk-in clinic. But when you come right down to it, the post office really is the bigger deal.

Siberian Squirrels are given their first taste of freedom in the Siberian city of Barnaul— but one chose violence instead.

A student from the Russian city of Perm got caught out like a cat on a hot tin roof this week when he found himself volunteering to save a feline stuck in a window frame.

In this week's Odder News, visit Dracula's castle, Moscow's hidden subway stations, and the Russian cosmos.

It was not the first time, and is likely not the last: a woman chose the wrong spot for her spectacular repast...

Will they ever learn?

Grab your glowsticks: the Moscow region city of Khimki is lit! And unlit... and then lit again.