One brave Russian journalist has done great service for the world’s population of domestic cats by taste-testing their vittles.

In this week's Odder News, Etsy is a threat, a reindeer tries to race a Russian train, and "The Nutcracker" is much harder to see in Russia than in the U.S.

Belugas captured off Russia's Pacific coast since 2018 swam off into the sunset just like the hero of  the 1993 film Osvobodite Villi (Free Willy).

In this week's Odder News, a Russian dog gets its paws, a museum exhibit brings joy, and spy rocks are on the move.

In which, after not a small bureaucratic scuffle, a thirteen-year-old boy receives the gift from Putin that we all are really hoping for this Christmas: a brand new cow. 

A clever hunter made a move to pluck himself out of an unbearable fate nearly a month ago. This week, his friend explained how he managed to help.
 

In which a runaway pair of labradors prove that puppy love is real. 

In this week's Odder News, starling flocks are stunning, Dostoyevsky was a weird guy, and Team Russia bought Team Croatia a ticket to the next World Cup.

As if COVID hadn't forced enough kids to learn from home, the prospect of wolf attacks are doing the same thing in the Ugra region.

St. Petersburg is a magical place, in part thanks to its feline denizens.

In this week's Odder News, Spider-Man is on the loose, Russia loves fast food, and protect your dogs.

Three young men from St. Petersburg have been detained by police for trying to ensure that the city’s stone horses aren’t left out in the cold.