Is it football or soccer? Either way, TWERF prepares for the start of the World Cup by examining Russia’s chances (not great), while still paying attention to a few other stories before the madness begins.

This week Russians hit the streets, waterways, and air for all sorts of occasions.

Featuring “poisonous” cooking oil, the finest pothole you’ve ever seen, and paper planes of protest.

Learn about the animal spies among us, get tips on how to survive nuclear war, and watch a world record get broken.

Grudinin shaves the ‘stache, the other election results are in, and New Zealand struggles to offend Russia.

Putin has again been elected president. This post was originally written/aired in November 2007. Apparently, it still seems relevant.

Nukes get names, a truck becomes a camera, and an old church gets a fresh look.

Adults want kids to vote, kids want Leonardo DiCaprio to soak himself, and Leo wants fewer video games on TV.

A rather adequate look at the rise of "adekvatny" and "neadekvatny" in colloquial speech.

Who, what, where, and why: the kerfuffle over a few aviation cadets and their posting of a slightly racy video online. And how average Russians rose to defend them.

Some creative prisoners decided to sculpt a full-scale model of a Topol-M mobile, intercontinental missile launcher. Out of snow.

Tired of having to do Valentine's Day and Mother's Day separately? Try it the Russian way and combine them into International Women's Day! A closer look at this convenient holiday's socialist origins and not-so-socialist present form.