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A panda in the Moscow zoo destroyed a pine tree. It was anything but an accident.

They could not have been more different, but both these Vladimirs had a huge impact on Russian history.

In this week's Odder News: a Pushkin theme park, a boot-kicking contest, and just the kind of entrepreneurial shake-up the world needs right now.

“For now I’m going skiing for a couple days, I’ll return and will work."

– Dmitri Medvedev, on his relaxation plans now that he’s no longer prime minister.

What would you rather visit: a cathedral or a distillery?

The Russian Postal Service made more than 170 millionaires in 2019.

All I want for Christmas is to smell like Putin. (Unboxing a mysterious Putin-esque cologne.)

Does that cat fit in your carry on? Russia mulls flying fat cat regs.

Ivan the Terrible, notorious not only for being terrible, but also for killing his eldest son, may have finally found his heir.

The wealthiest woman on the African continent is, apparently, a Russian citizen.

170 years ago this week, January 15, 1850, the mathematician Sofia Kovalevskaya was born.

This week's Odder News features three survival stories: survival in the Russian wilderness, on the internet, and in a world filled with cell phones.