Putin's comparison of coronavirus to medieval nomadic invaders has tickled the internet.

This week we have a little bit of everything: new cars, freshly-paved streets, and, of course, plenty of coronavirus.

Nothing is sacred when it comes to fighting coronavirus. Not even vodka.

Can a silver pendant protect you from all diseases? Dr. Pavel insists it can.

There will surely be some great April Fools' news items this week. These, however, are some that we wish were jokes.

Everyone's favorite yearly tundra jubilee has been postponed, perhaps until April.

Russia's president discovers ancient pottery, goes spearfishing, and visits a coronavirus hospital.

In this week's Odder News: post-Soviet leaders propose innovative treatments for coronavirus, phone chargers go bad, and Russian buyers have an opening in the European real estate market.

“This is war. The enemy is invisible, but some lines of the front are clear. Today's difficulties, of course, are far from the horrors known to our history, and that includes the Blockade. That was much worse than today, and scarier.... The noble experience and mysticism of the besieged Hermitage remains with us always and serves as an example.”

- General Director of the State Hermitage Museum Mikhail Piotrovsky, in a Facebook post on how the Hermitage is dealing with the coronavirus pandemic

Russia’s Ministry of Health discussed ways vodka can affect the coronavirus (spoiler alert: not much).

In this week's Odder News, the Moscow Zoo tries a new marketing tactic; a consumer protection agency gives its condom recommendations; and high winds call for desperate measures.

“Should I stock up on buckwheat?”

– Headline of an interview with Mikhail Delyagin, Director of the Institute for Globalization