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Russian banks to start testing biometric ATMs. This is probably a good idea.

“We creatively solve any problems: from opening a bottle to paying taxes.”

– Russian musician Sergei Shnurov, on the Russian people.

Siberian sable fur was once Russia's biggest luxury export, but now we can't get enough of Instagram star Umora, the sable inspiring Russians to never look at fur coats again.

Muscovites are no longer in the dark about the amount of sunlight they got in December: just eight hours.

This popular holiday tradition has believers plunging into ice-cold water… voluntarily!

Russia has everything, including Amazonians.

A panda in the Moscow zoo destroyed a pine tree. It was anything but an accident.

They could not have been more different, but both these Vladimirs had a huge impact on Russian history.

In this week's Odder News: a Pushkin theme park, a boot-kicking contest, and just the kind of entrepreneurial shake-up the world needs right now.

“For now I’m going skiing for a couple days, I’ll return and will work."

– Dmitri Medvedev, on his relaxation plans now that he’s no longer prime minister.

What would you rather visit: a cathedral or a distillery?

The Russian Postal Service made more than 170 millionaires in 2019.