Libyan police have recovered 323 blocks of hashish embellished with Vladimir Putin's portrait. 

The Ukrainian city of Lviv now has an acting cat mayor in office. 

"During the first half of the week, the weather will be warm with temperatures eight to nine degrees above normal. Daytime temperatures are expected to be plus two to five degrees, nighttime temperatures from minus one to plus two degrees. Wind on Monday will be up to 17 m/s, precipitation is light, but also sleet and rain. This is such uniform and boring weather."

– A disappointed meteorologist describing Moscow's upcoming weather

A security guard at the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center was fired after defacing a $1 million Soviet-era painting. 

Performance art, adventure, and psychedelia in a Russian village. What more could you want?

A Siberian zoo's mascot competition has ended in fraudulent activity, anger, and political outrage. 

“About the dangers of alcohol, volumes have been written on the benefits of more than one brochure! From lack of education, we walk for five days and crawl for two! And, on Saturday morning, Russia from space looks like.”

– An unintelligible sign alerting Muscovites to the effects of alcohol.

The Snow and Ice in Moscow international festival, happening now, brings together artists from across the world to create brilliant works of art. 

Russia's Arctic towns are overdue for a makeover and graffiti is just what these chilly outposts need.

The Rostov Oblast puts new limitations on the behavior of wedding-goers.

“I consider the Tomsk Winter Olympic Games open!”

– Viewers joke as a man chases after his escaped plastic bathtub in the city of Tomsk.

A nice refreshing outdoors shower? Or a dangerous collapse waiting to happen?