A Russian shopkeeper's picture went viral after using the walls of his shop to express opposition to the invasion of Ukraine.

Thousands of endangered birds and other animals have been poisoned with an illegal pesticide in Stavropol Krai.

A tank driver and a navy man are united in their feelings about war, but perhaps not as you think.

In a remote corner of Siberia, the last of a family of Old Believers lives her life in a state of time out of time. With a little help from some friends.

Performance art, adventure, and psychedelia in a Russian village. What more could you want?

In this week's Odder News: under-the-radar pets, dangerous tomfoolery, and a pregnant lady's trek through the mountains.

One of the earliest residents of Anchorage, Alaska, was a Russian guy with a larger-than-life personality.

When a general retires, a village can be in real danger. Because a general cannot ever really retire, and he may or may not have the sort of useful skills that the local folk require.

A challenge to collect the most pinecones turns out to be about more than just the competition itself. 

In which, after not a small bureaucratic scuffle, a thirteen-year-old boy receives the gift from Putin that we all are really hoping for this Christmas: a brand new cow. 

A clever hunter made a move to pluck himself out of an unbearable fate nearly a month ago. This week, his friend explained how he managed to help.
 

In which a runaway pair of labradors prove that puppy love is real.