“It’s time to prove themselves in a real fight, I can only welcome this desire.”

– Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, announcing that he was sending his teenage sons to Ukraine

New classes are popping up in Russian schools to discuss the invasion of Ukraine.

A few books we’ve been reading lately, and that we felt we should review and share.

Russian schools have been given a billion rubles to purchase state symbols to decorate their walls.

Children born in the Ukrainian city of Kherson will now receive Russian citizenship, whether they want it or not.

An 11-year-old schoolboy was put on a watch list after "discrediting" the army on social media.

St. Jude's SAFER Ukraine initiative has helped over 600 patients amid the Russian invasion.

"Our mission, as workers in the sphere of culture, is not only to save culture itself from destruction, but to save those who value it."

– The director of the Kyiv municipal Department of Culture on showing films during these trying times

One Saratov blogger took to the streets demanding change... with a stroller.

A Russian teenager faces 5 years in jail for crimes committed in Minecraft.

A new study shows that the percent of Russian kids aged 3-6 using the internet has tripled in the last ten years, among other stats.

In this week's Odder News: Kanye comes to town, free gas for eternity, and a young language prodigy.