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This week: cereal jingles go viral, animal crossings save critters, and paratroopers take a swim in a fountain in celebration. Sounds pretty run-of-the-mill.

St. Petersburg saw over 2,000 attendees at its stand-up-paddleboard (SUP) festival this year, many in costume and with pets in tow.

“You risk getting an upset stomach, but there is no scientific evidence for this fact.”

- An announcement from Russia’s Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing, on the incorrect way to eat melons

Be careful what QR-codes you scan in Russia, you may be opening yourself up to fraud.

Russia's iconic domestic car has been the highest-selling automobile in the last six months.

Yandex, Russia's Google almost-equivalent, is making moves to expand with products including "YaBank," "YaSafe," and "YaCash."

How the work of one of Soviet Russia's greatest poets found new life through modern music.

A herd of camels, released by an 83-year-old pensioner, is wreaking havoc in Astrakhan region.

A touching, short, CGI animated film looks at 20 years in the life of a Russian orphan.

Data from Rosstat indicates that the median Russian monthly salary is R35,000 (approximately $480).

This week, mammoths are ripe for the picking; fishy business practices turn violent; and a TV show is labelled a bad influence on Russian families.

“I have nothing to share.”

– Comedian Maksim Galkin in response to journalists asking him about rumors of divorce between him and his wife, the musical icon Alla Pugacheva.