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A Lenin statue in Russia's Far East temporarily sported a new 'do.

This week, drivers' licenses get a much-overdue update, utility bills make headlines, and we learn that pirates abound in Russia. 

“This dish is eaten in almost every home. I don’t understand Russian people’s tastes at all.”

- Chinese blogger on herring under a fur coat, one of six items he listed as unusual Russian dishes

Russian flight attendants were surveyed to determine the characteristics of an ideal passenger.

Russia and Turkey are split over the use of an iconic Istanbul— er, Constantinople— monument.

A well-known Russian doctor used ice cream as a clue for a tricky diagnosis.

Ultra-conservative Russian Orthodox priest Father Sergei has had quite the summer.

This week, Russia's government grapples with the ins-and-outs of distance learning, the Ministry of Economic Development is nonplussed by the effects of coronavirus, and we know what side of the bread a shipbuilder's head's butter is on.

This year's Victory Day parade was a sight to behold⁠— and we might be seeing its effects for the next 16 years.

The Kremlin said that the president's dirty laundry is not for sale on the internet.

“If you meet a boar, don’t approach it and don’t look it in the eye … if you meet a whole herd, stay away from the piglets.”

- Advice in a note from the Moscow mayor's official website on the appearance of wild boars in some Moscow parks

A famous Chinese artist was so inspired by his visit to the Hermitage, that he created a whole exhibit.