Curious about vodka stats? Russia's Research Center for the Federal and Regional Alcohol Markets has you covered.

Bear with us: this week's Odder News lacks a theme. Instead, we have tomato paste, emotion workshops, and Russian pandas.

A study finds that the majority of Russians don't understand AI, just like the rest of us.

Military reenactors mark the 76th anniversary of the lifting of the siege of Leningrad with plenty of pyrotechnics.

Russian banks to start testing biometric ATMs. This is probably a good idea.

Russia has everything, including Amazonians.

The Russian Postal Service made more than 170 millionaires in 2019.

You won't believe how much a woman in Chelyabinsk is asking for her 1000R bill.

We re-share some of our favorite stories from 2019. They may not be the most noteworthy or newsworthy stories, but we felt they were the most fun.

Political entities and 97-year-old veterans on social media, transgender marriage, and sushi at office parties show Russia is ready for 2020
 

Ded Moroz and kindergarten parents conceive of the Christmas spirit very differently. Also, Russians may have domesticated the first dog.

Pie not in the sky, vampires against anti-vaxxers, cooks for cats… not to mention self-improvement in advance of the New Year