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Thirty-four years ago this week, the Mir Space Station was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome.

Two young Russians fall in love in the midst of a Coronavirus quarantine.

This week's Odder News: Belarus, the "Switzerland of the East," quiet hours, and tank-fueled wedding proposals.

“We wanted to draw attention to the problem: a lack of medical masks in pharmacies, the lack of information on the coronavirus. We were not trying to scare our compatriots or laugh at a hot topic. We just set up a social experiment.”

– One of two men fined for their video pranking the coronavirus

Moscow police have finally arrested a traffic-ticket fugitive.

Russia’s latest power couple, from Kaliningrad, is headed to the semifinals of the Leaders of Russia contest.

A St. Petersburg municipal politician has resigned after the discovery of an underground casino in his apartment.

Over half of respondents on a recent Russian survey indicated that they aren’t opposed to office romances.

Mikhail is the director of a book store that has been operating in St. Petersburg since 1926.

In this week's G-rated Odder News: Kid-friendly World War II history, kid-friendly educational TV, and kid-friendly swearing lessons.

Curious about vodka stats? Russia's Research Center for the Federal and Regional Alcohol Markets has you covered.

“Accordingly, the temperature will be seven to eight degrees higher than the climatic norm, which gives reason to say that the current winter will turn out to be the warmest over the last 140 years of instrumental observations in Moscow.”

- Chief Specialist of the Moscow Weather Bureau Tatyana Pozdnyakova