October 15, 2021 The Sweetest Stowaway In which a lucky kitten gets to see a good portion of Russia from the cabin of a very kind truck driver. Animals Transportation Travel Russia File
October 14, 2021 Tractors in Tomsk, TikTok, and Space Movies In this week's Odder News, don't drink and drive your tractor, ticket-taking grandmothers are surprisingly entertaining, and the Russians win the new space race by a hair. Animals Internet Space Women Odder News
October 07, 2021 Putin's Pooches On this, Vladimir Putin's 69th birthday, we are reminded that even authoritarian leaders are softies for good dogs. Maybe especially so? Animals Government Politics Russia File
October 06, 2021 Not All Eco-Heroes Wear Capes Meet Khokhulya: he's a Russian desman, the official eco-hero of the Kaluga Region, and now an internet personality to boot. Animals Environment Humor Internet Russia File
October 06, 2021 Devil-May-Care or Crazy Like a Fox? "We did not have a fox in the monastery, definitely not ours, but it’s probably someone’s pet. They write that someone [at the monastery] was scared, but the fox was the most scared of all – a hundred people chased after her with their phones; she is the main victim.” – A resident of the Srtensky Monastery in Moscow denied that a young fox accused of terrorizing parishioners had come from the premises. Animals Humor Moscow Religion Quote
October 05, 2021 A Corgi Coronation The third annual Corgi Ball took place outside Moscow, and yes, it was just as cute as it sounds like it would be. Animals Moscow Russia File
October 03, 2021 Lessons From the Russian Village Life in a remote Siberian village can teach you a lot about adaptability, nature, food, and, most importantly, folklore. Animals Culture Food & Drink Rural Life Russia File
September 30, 2021 Mysterious Mice, Marketing Cats, and Fake Scorpions In this week's Odder News, blind dueting, cats at work, and the mice who love COVID. Animals Music Pop Culture Travel Odder News
September 28, 2021 Dromedary on the Roam You can find lots of unique and unexpected things when you take a trip into the woods in search of edible mushrooms, but a camel in Nizhny Novgorod seems to be the most outlandish find yet. Animals Humor Rural Life Russia File
September 23, 2021 Hero Cats, Bizarre Voters, and Roscosmos In this week's Odder News, polling stations get wild, a family cat saves the day, and where in Russia is the head of the last Kazakh khan? Animals Politics Space Odder News
September 15, 2021 What's Inside of Fox's Mouth? “Snrrf.” *crunching sound* *laughter* “Pant, pant…” – A fox as it thieves a camera from tourists in Kamchatka on September 8. Animals Humor Regions Quote
September 14, 2021 Bee the Change In Chelyabinsk, for the first time, an agricultural enterprise is under legal heat for the mass killing of bees. Animals Environment Law Russia File