A cold flag, a resolved cold case, and the not-cold-at-all hearts of Russian children

Fish aren’t food, ice cream is medicine, ferns are pickles

Psychic cats and patented tools are priceless. Hot dogs cost 39 rubles.

Russians send the Night’s Watch to New Jersey and bottles to Brazil; they welcome a Swedish girl to speak and immigrants to share their imya (name). 
 

Travelers hailing from 53 countries can now enter St. Petersburg on a hassle-free (and FREE) electronic visa. Dobro pozhalovat!

Defense against  walruses, shamans and climate change

Russian women: give birth in Syrian prisons, drive metro trains, make news (and borsch), and welcome children home from the dead.

Presidents eating ice cream, kids reporting toy theft to police… summer is almost over, thank Allah. 

A former lawyer saves 233 lives, and a guy finds hell in Yaroslavl. Also, your next delivery guy might deliver on horseback.

Suing Putin (not over the protests) and selling a babushka's jam.

This week, Russians are caught in the act by means of butter, watermelon, and a controversial color

This week’s “criminals”: politicians with dead souls, chocolate Robin Hoods, kid-conductors, and a woman who just wants to go home.