In this week's Odder News, one of Russia's most unconventional actors and an ice dancer get married (again), polar bears take over Russian trucks, and the Hermitage is faking it.

Russian women seem to luck out more than their male partners during the spring holiday season, a new study shows. 

In which we review Him & Her, Daria Geller’s marvelous, heartbreaking, new short film, inspired by Chekhov’s “Он и Она” (properly, “He and She”). A perfect film to enjoy for Valentine's Day.

A relaxing of workplace regulations means that Russian women can now drive the Moscow Metro.

This week, politicians are caught red-handed; surrogate motherhood and gambling are (apparently) the same; and Putin isn't as hip with the youth as you'd think.

A young woman in Kursk has been using her feminine wiles to hand over conscription notices.

This week, Lukashenko turns action hero; chocolate is serious business; and a classic Russian author is proven to be right all along.

A new series has taken Russia by storm this summer. Set in a provincial Caucasian town, Chiki (Chicks) is about four girlfriends trying to escape their lives as sex workers and launch a fitness club – the first in the area.

A hospital in Kursk is under investigation after a woman awoke post-surgery in the morgue.

How the work of one of Soviet Russia's greatest poets found new life through modern music.

This week, mammoths are ripe for the picking; fishy business practices turn violent; and a TV show is labelled a bad influence on Russian families.

Food-writer Anna Kharzeeva brings best Soviet recipes, spiced with hints and memories from her Jewish Grandmother.