"This property has been liberated."

– A banner hanging from a Russian oligarch's mansion taken over by Ukrainian Refugees

Libyan police have recovered 323 blocks of hashish embellished with Vladimir Putin's portrait. 

Is Russia is looking to streamline its 30+ types of visas by potentially adding four more?

A Russian teenager faces 5 years in jail for crimes committed in Minecraft.

In this week's Odder News: a propaganda failure, fishing robots, and a cross-dressing bandit.

“Usually, to put money on a card, you need an ATM; with magicians, everything is much simpler: just rub a coin and it becomes invisible.”

– Eugene, at Nevyansk prison, as he shows off a magic trick.

Police search for perpetrator guilty of killing an entire herd of horses in a deadly rivalry between farmers. 

The Rostov Oblast puts new limitations on the behavior of wedding-goers.

A high-school biology teacher wasn't expecting officials of the Russian Orthodox Church to be so vocal about a recent lesson.

Fiscal sanctions may be devastating for an economy, but food sanctions are a punch to the gut.

Russians put mayonnaise on everything. Even robberies, apparently.

Our bimonthly roundup of news on Russia most others missed.