This week, your mother turns out to be right all along; Aeroflot adapts to COVID; and the European Commission says you can get good, free movies from Russian social media.

A recent survey of the elderly finds that one-fifth of pensioners hope to supplement their income with a blog.

This week, Lada outdoes itself; emergency services fall short; and cows (and men) finally get the appreciation they're due.

This week, the Russian army gets new toys; a university administrator doesn't quit while he's ahead; and Lukashenko keeps doing his thing, much to our chagrin.

This week, we've got brand-new guns, poachers from an unlikely place, and the frozen north gets an internet connection.

Yandex.Food releases fascinating data on the most popular foods for takeout this year.

This week, puddles get the spotlight, weapons become instruments, and the life of a sausage tycoon ends abruptly at the business end of a crossbow.

Unexpected nude photos of Nicholas II appeared online last week, causing quite a stir, despite being more than a century old.

Putin might be a fan of Trump, but Russian zoo animals apparently aren't.

A recent poll finds that the vast majority of parents don't want their kids to become bloggers. Sorry, mom and dad.

Russia's election commission performed a "large-scale investigation" into tree stumps used as polling places. Only (?) three cases were found.

This week, we're abandoning all pretense of mature adulthood. We've got cool shotguns, exploding caves, and a teacher who just couldn't wait. Gosh, mom, get out of my room!