"I knew Hafez Assad, I knew Saddam Hussein, I knew Muammar Gaddafi. We had very good and close relationships with them. We met with them. I'll tell you, the greatest thinkers!”

– President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko name drops on November 10.

The digital ruble is about to be tested, so here's a crash course in how digital currency works.

A decade has passed since an entire Russian professional hockey team was lost in a moment.

In this week's Odder News, enormous pumpkins, LARPing in honor of Alexander Nevsky, and horses in cars.

It seems that vampires aren't the only creatures who choose to sleep in coffins; drunk Russians do, too.

Last week, Russian children gathered for the Day of Knowledge on September 1. It is quite the spectacle.

Russia is hoping to host the Olympics for the third time – in 2036.

Thirty years ago this week, Russia became an independent country... again.

In this week's Odder News, kids expect glamping and instead get camping, a missing baby is found after days of wandering, and a bouquet of flowers drives the internet wild.

Subarctic summer Siberia is hosting snow and wildfires at the same time.

Not-Russia took home more Olympic medals than it thought it would, placing third in the overall medal count race.

The Tampa Bay Lightning just won the NHL championship, and there were definitely Russians involved.