June 07, 2020 Long Live Musketeers! By The Editors This delightful animated short by Anton Dyakov is our video of the week that we had a hard time waiting to share... Art Film & TV Humor Video of the Week
May 05, 2020 High Six! By Griffin Edwards A Russian city's redesigned seal sports an anatomical typo. Government Humor Regions Religion Russia File
May 01, 2020 Opening the Floodgates By Michele A. Berdy No matter what Russia does, it can’t seem to dam up the flood of Anglicisms. Humor Language
April 27, 2020 Lukashenko Gets His "Village Therapy" By Griffin Edwards The Belarusian President followed his own coronavirus advice, Pomeranian in tow. Animals Government Health Humor Russia File
April 13, 2020 Meet Russia's Newest Meme: Pechenegs By Griffin Edwards Putin's comparison of coronavirus to medieval nomadic invaders has tickled the internet. Health History Humor Internet Russia File
March 27, 2020 Lions, Covid-19, and Isolation – Oh My! By Margaret Godwin-Jones Would Putin really release lions into Russia’s streets? Animals Humor News Russia File
March 26, 2020 A Putin a Day Keeps Coronavirus Away By Griffin Edwards Russia's president discovers ancient pottery, goes spearfishing, and visits a coronavirus hospital. Government Health Humor Science
March 13, 2020 Russians "Re-Zero" in Online Humor By The Editors After President Vladimir Putin admitted he wouldn't mind resetting his constitutional term limit, a new meme was born. Humor Politics
March 04, 2020 Well-trained Pets, Songs about Coronavirus, and Putin on Line One By The Editors In this week's Odder News: Putin's smartphone habits, Russian homophones make a headache for the police, and a coronavirus serenade. Animals Health Humor Music Politics Odder News
February 29, 2020 Should the Duma Broadcast in the Bathroom? Funny You Should Ask. By Katrina Keegan “I noticed that there are places here, shall we say, for contemplation.” said a Duma deputy, referring to… the bathroom. He continued: “And when important issues are being discussed, they should broadcast it there.” Government Humor Russia File
February 21, 2020 Antiviral Amulets and Charmed Vitamin-C By Katrina Keegan The threat of coronavirus is not funny, but advertisements for tongue-in-cheek “remedies” are catching on among entrepreneurial Russians. Health Humor Russia File
February 18, 2020 Better Take This Seriously By The Editors “We wanted to draw attention to the problem: a lack of medical masks in pharmacies, the lack of information on the coronavirus. We were not trying to scare our compatriots or laugh at a hot topic. We just set up a social experiment.” – One of two men fined for their video pranking the coronavirus Health Humor News Quote