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.

There are a lot of really wonderful dogs in Russia, but this life-saving cutie has been named the best of all. 

Rainbow pups are popping up in more than one Russian province.

In this week's Odder News, the world-famous Hermitage displays forgeries, DNA records are getting older, and polar bears are getting friendlier.

This creative conservation project benefits both the endangered snow leopards in the Altai region and local farmers and their livestock.

The Leningrad Zoo kept its animals alive during the siege – the 77th anniversary of which was commemorated this week.

Eight little penguin chicks make for one very lucky aquarium in Russia's Far East. 

One of the newest VDNKh pavilions is Russia's most dramatic oceanarium, embracing captive orcas even as other countries begin to abandon the practice.

A new and unusual dairy industry has entered the Moscow region. 

Icy winter waters were no threat to a talented reporter who dove in to save a puppy from the cold.

Felix the cat is on the right track: instead of catching mice, he catches trains to get his daily supper. 

This is how 2021 should start: a cat in Ulyanovsk was rescued from a trash compactor and awarded a government post.