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. 

Despite how weird it looks, birchpunk is a fun and talented hip hop group asking important moral questions.