This week, Spotify comes to Russia, Crimea is a hot tourist destination (like always), and three cases of corruption: one big, one small, and one straight out of a spy movie.

This week, drivers' licenses get a much-overdue update, utility bills make headlines, and we learn that pirates abound in Russia. 

Ultra-conservative Russian Orthodox priest Father Sergei has had quite the summer.

This week: stamps honor highways, grave-diggers let loose, and Russia's cutest cop takes his leave.

Moscow is seeing religious symbolism crop up in unexpected places. It’s not the first time, but there is something different about what is going on now.

School certificates in the city of Tolyatti were declared void due to spelling errors.

Authorities are searching for a couple in Ufa who became overly physical with each other in front of a school.

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

The life of Rasputin's daughter, Maria, was full of twists and turns almost as dramatic as her father's, and took her deep into the American heartland.

These people didn’t choose the best place to cook food for their picnic.

Probably they do, but now they’re also attacking in a city.

Moscow's metro stations rise to the occasion of coronavirus.