This week's Odder News features Russian athletes making international news, low-tax sports gear, and more opportunity for restful shut-eye.

A baseball dating back to the 12th century has been unearthed in one of Russia's oldest cities.

St. Petersburg saw over 2,000 attendees at its stand-up-paddleboard (SUP) festival this year, many in costume and with pets in tow.

This week, Russia's government grapples with the ins-and-outs of distance learning, the Ministry of Economic Development is nonplussed by the effects of coronavirus, and we know what side of the bread a shipbuilder's head's butter is on.

This beautiful film from YETI on an enviro-tourism effort to save Steelhead in Kamchatka is our video of the week.

These astronauts are taking chess to the next level—the cosmos!

A swimming pool for the disabled is set to be built in an unorthodox location.

Snowboarder and filmmaker Igor Popelyukh was enjoying himself off-piste at Sheregesh Ski Resort in Kemerovo Region when a large grouse got seriously pissed off.

News and brief items from around Russia.

Throughout his long life, Leo Tolstoy had many strange hobbies. One of them was bicycling, which he learned at the ripe age of 67, and which he loved. But that's not to say there weren't some humorous incidents...

A photograph captured in 2018 in Red Square captures the moment with beauty and finesse.

Every year, people from all over the world convene in a small snowy town in northern Russia for the friendliest and fluffiest of sports events – started by an Orthodox nun in a wheelchair who had an idea... and a dog.