November 09, 2021 Missing Lynx in Transportation In which a Siberian Lynx is caught waiting for the bus, just like the rest of us. Animals Internet Transportation Russia File
November 02, 2021 Vaccination is the Cat's Meow The Moscow Regional Coronavirus Headquarters are using all the available weapons at their disposal to fight the spread of COVID-19, and they've pulled out their biggest gun yet: cat memes. Animals Health Internet Moscow Russia File
November 01, 2021 A Good Sign Researchers in Novosibirsk are working to develop the world's first Russian Sign Language-to-text translator. Internet Language Science Russia File
October 20, 2021 That's Not the Team Spirit "Because of e-sports, we are losing future great athletes who could become Olympic champions.” – Svetlana Zhurova, State Duma Deputy and Olympic Champion, commenting on the recent (sedentary) victory of the Russian cybersports group Team Spirit. Internet Sports Quote
October 16, 2021 A New Spin on an Old Painting The internet has been talking about Ilya Repin's painting Barge Haulers on the Volga a lot lately but, as usual, it is ignoring history. Art History Internet 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 13, 2021 Being the Face Sans Facebook "The president’s website is working. There are no problems.” – On October 4 Press Secretary for the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov reassured the public that not even Facebook can take down the President’s site. Government Internet Quote
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
September 29, 2021 Pelevin Perplexes After twenty years outside the public eye, celebrated author Viktor Pelevin comes to Moscow to greet fans and sign books. Or does he? Internet Literature Moscow Russia File
September 22, 2021 What's Worse: Unsympathetic Aliens or Interfering AI? "The App Store portal: who regulates it? Artificial intelligence, people from Mars?” – Andrei Klimov, seeking to understand what’s going on behind the scenes with Apple’s App Store on September 17. Government Humor Internet Law Politics Quote
September 17, 2021 Bribes Aren't Funny Roskomnadzor seems to have a funny bone to pick with the Sverdlovsk government publication Oblastnaya Gazeta, blocking their website in delayed reaction to a questionable text. Government Humor Internet Journalism Russia File
September 07, 2021 Duct-Taped and Speeding A young Russian blogger and his accomplice published a video of vehicular hooliganism on September 1. Humor Internet Pop Culture Transportation Russia File