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In this week's Odder News: a rocker's dream, a holiday for men, and goat saviors.

The Ukrainian city of Lviv now has an acting cat mayor in office. 

"During the first half of the week, the weather will be warm with temperatures eight to nine degrees above normal. Daytime temperatures are expected to be plus two to five degrees, nighttime temperatures from minus one to plus two degrees. Wind on Monday will be up to 17 m/s, precipitation is light, but also sleet and rain. This is such uniform and boring weather."

– A disappointed meteorologist describing Moscow's upcoming weather

Is Russia is looking to streamline its 30+ types of visas by potentially adding four more?

Russian bank VTB is set to begin offering customers loans to cover parking spaces and closets, which seem like sound financial decisions.

An illustrated history that draws parallels between a potential invasion of Ukraine today and Catherine the Great’s occupation and annexation of Crimea in the late 1700s.
 

The Russian Olympic Committee has won 26 medals in the Beijing Winter Olympics of 2022. 

In which we unpack what Putin had to say about Ukraine while in France and what it's got to do with a punk band and a folk ditty.

In this week's Odder News: kitty subscriptions, sketchy sledding, and spiteful Valentines.

Embroidery brings 84-year-old Yulia Aleshicheva peace and focuses her mind ravaged by dementia. But thanks to an enterprising grandson, her colorful art has many fans around the world.

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

“If you had a fight with your wife, then you should ask for forgiveness like this: 'Darling, please forgive me for asking you to marry me….' There is a real chance that suddenly your wife will smile and forgive you. True, wives are unpredictable in their grievances—you can die from violence.”

– A Russian priest's "life hack" for marital struggles.