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Now you, too, can experience the glamor of Putin's Black Sea palace without the pricetag in the digital worlds of Minecraft.

Unusually warm weather brings bright yellow blossoms to the region much earlier than normal.

In memory of actor Christopher Plummer, who died last week at age 91, we look back at his role as a dying Leo Tolstoy in the 2009 film, The Last Station.

The creaks of a home can startle the most grounded adult. What kind of mischief might this mean, what kind of creatures lurk unseen?

One wouldn’t expect it to be an issue for a snowman to be left out in the cold, but in the village of Zachachye in Arkhangelsk Oblast, four such fellows were found wanting for warmth.

This week's Odder News features Russian athletes making international news, low-tax sports gear, and more opportunity for restful shut-eye.

In this week's Odder News, museums reopen with some strange offerings, the organizing game Tetris is coming to the big screen, and we are thrilled that Russians love the Home Alone franchise as much as we do.

Gulnaz has lived in many places: the Siberian North, St. Petersburg, Georgia, and Moscow. And shurpa has been with her wherever she went.

Russian scientists are attempting to bring tea cultivation to more Northern regions of the country. 

The Leningrad Zoo kept its animals alive during the siege – the 77th anniversary of which was commemorated this week.

Eight little penguin chicks make for one very lucky aquarium in Russia's Far East.