The world's luckiest ferret is set to go on the vacation of a lifetime in the Altai mountains. 

In this week's Odder News, Russia jumps on the organic bandwagon, Russians get circus tickets and stickers for vaccinating, and quadruplets are more common than you would think.

When the show can no longer go on, animal members of the Russian State Circus will now be given the opportunity to retire in style in Crimea.

As spring heats slowly to the rapid days of summer, the canines of Russia are kept on their paws with special challenges of their own.

The latest under the radar news from all across Russia.

A fire in the Moscow region put this poor hedgehog into a prickly situation— luckily, firefighters were eager to help. 

Siberian Squirrels are given their first taste of freedom in the Siberian city of Barnaul— but one chose violence instead.

A student from the Russian city of Perm got caught out like a cat on a hot tin roof this week when he found himself volunteering to save a feline stuck in a window frame.

In this week's Odder News: the Play-Doh version of Moscow, the Russian version of Irish whiskey, and the Red Bull version of ice skating.

In Moscow, a Golden Retriever stole the show during a news broadcast — by stealing the microphone. 

In this week's Odder News, a new Russian Barbie, Russians need to work on their dental hygiene, and squirrels attack in Vyborg.

In which a raccoon is returned safely back home— but not to the habitat you might expect.