This week we explore Soviet throwbacks, social media trends, and coronavirus fugitives.

This week: Russian telecomms habits shift, a St. Petersburg entrepreneur gets crafty, and being stuck at home means more alcohol intake.

This week inventiveness takes on coronavirus, men need red meat, and Victory Day is the pandemic's latest casualty.

This week we explore the upsides and downsides of self-isolation, strange new laws, and virus testing.

This week we have a little bit of everything: new cars, freshly-paved streets, and, of course, plenty of coronavirus.

There will surely be some great April Fools' news items this week. These, however, are some that we wish were jokes.

In this week's Odder News: post-Soviet leaders propose innovative treatments for coronavirus, phone chargers go bad, and Russian buyers have an opening in the European real estate market.

In this week's Odder News, the Moscow Zoo tries a new marketing tactic; a consumer protection agency gives its condom recommendations; and high winds call for desperate measures.

In this week's Odder News, cheerleaders and lawmakers band together, croquet culture spreads to Russia, and youthful exuberance leads to a joyride.

In this week's Odder News: Putin's smartphone habits, Russian homophones make a headache for the police, and a coronavirus serenade.

In this week's Odder News, regions work on ethnic villages, presidents get songs written about them, and coronavirus countermeasures take a surprising twist.

This week's Odder News: Belarus, the "Switzerland of the East," quiet hours, and tank-fueled wedding proposals.