An often-overlooked high-seas tale of swashbuckling adventure, empire, and exchange between Russia and Japan.

Thirty years ago this week, Russia became an independent country... again.

The St. Petersburg city government has threatened to prevent traditional celebrations of VDV Day by turning off its fountains. Such grinches.

The bravery with which the all-female 588th Night Bomber Regiment defended the Soviet Union from Nazi invasion earned them a legendary nickname.

While the U.S. Pentagon teases knowing the truth about UFOs, Volgograd continues to attract more of them... supposedly... than anywhere else.

In this week's Odder News, marked up sandwiches, magic suitcases, and Chadian soldiers as alarm clocks.

“Simple and reliable, like a Kalashnikov assault rifle.”

– Putin's assessment of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V, broadcast on television channel Russia 24 on May 6.

In this week's Odder News, a military band delights a kindergarten class with songs from cartoons, Russian food might be able to make it in New York, and a Moscow nurse has had enough of this pandemic.

For all your zombie apocalypse / Texas boar hunting / frontier bank-robbing needs, we present the Russian revolver shotgun.

Looking for work? Moscow authorities have posted an opening for a police sniper on the aptly-named HeadHunter.ru.

Leningrad Oblast's military commissioner has a solution to those pesky exes: send them to the army.

This week, we mark the end of 2020 with transportation stats, social media monitoring, and preparations for wild celebrations.