As the New Year approaches, Moscow’s mayor has announced new restrictions on holiday events, while the government considers extending the New Year’s holidays.

Slavic folklore sports a spooky old crone that just might give you a costume idea this Halloween.

Dill on pizza? Sure, why not!

Some linguistic tips on how to be a good dinner guest.

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

A death in the family not only proves the maxim that you can’t go home again, but also that home is probably not what you remember it to be.

This week we have grants for bride-stealing, anthropomorphic cakes, prisoners (and guards) walking on glass, and important advice for your next trip to Chelyabinsk.

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

This popular holiday tradition has believers plunging into ice-cold water… voluntarily!

This week's Odder News, we cover everything from mummies to hogs, from cussing to bows and arrows. Oh, and skyscraper jumping...

The Siberian village of Okunevo is a "place of power." For literally hundreds of years, people have visited here, convinced that the lake has healing power, among other things.

While city vehicles go for a stroll, death comes knocking — twice.