News, quotes and tidbits from around Russia.

Half a century ago, the profession of geologist was both popular and revered in Russia, shrouded in a halo of romance and adventure. We see what it is like today, first-hand.

An excerpt from a new book about a quest to find an elusive owl, in which an expedition member tells a harrowing tale of survival.

Find out what the deal is with Russia's stone belt – the Ural Mountains.

This week's we feature a smattering of things that are somewhere they shouldn't be, including drugs, tanks, mammoths, kids, and (of course) Lenin.

This week we have grants for bride-stealing, anthropomorphic cakes, prisoners (and guards) walking on glass, and important advice for your next trip to Chelyabinsk.

This week's Odder News features monuments for dead villages, ancient memes, and a mirror for Putin.

This week's Odder News reads like a bad movie, full of forgotten headstones, zombies, and a disagreement settled with firearms.

Here's a #TBT for you with some interesting variety: a poet, a pilot, and a natural disaster.

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

Moscow authorities want you to stop throwing your trees in the trash: they have a plan to re-gift them to the city and the environment. 

Desperate times, and the need to create a festive atmosphere, call for desperate measures.