A time-travelling tour of Russia from aristocats to nosy bureaucrats

This week’s TWERF will amaze you, amuse you, and possibly give you nightmares.

Defending gay rights, yoga, recycling, and a stress-free childhood. Yes, in Russia.

Old meets new in the Far North, while both pranksters and public officials see their performances go awry.

Snow leopards, cannabis, and nudity are trending in Russia.

Russia thaws. People have thoughts. Not always good ones.

What would the world be like without a wee boy, women, or whales in the wild? Definitely worse.

Life can be rocky, whether it’s because you can’t see a corgi movie, or because you’re a dead fictional character.

Belarusian Alexei Usikov has invented a new vehicle – a horsemobile, with the mighty horsepower of one horse.

No matter how many times I watch Diamond Arm («Бриллиантовая рука»), I never cease to wonder at the fact that this film managed to make it to screens all across the Soviet Union in April 1969.

As Russia celebrates men on Defenders of the Fatherland Day, it encourages them to have more sex, for the sake of growing the population of the Fatherland. Just not at work. 

Two bears (Bers) meet very different fates. Meanwhile, black ice gets a whole new meaning.