After a brief scare, the oldest cat at the poet Anna Akhmatova's museum in St. Petersburg has returned safely back home. 

How a classic romance novel inspired a delicious Russian holiday delight.

A wedding fit for a Romanov went down in St. Petersburg on the first of October.

The journey between Moscow and St. Petersburg is about to get a lot faster.

Russia is hoping to host the Olympics for the third time – in 2036.

In this week's Odder News, pregnant cows falling in rivers, drunk Pitertsy falling in rivers, mysterious runoff in the Black Sea, and going postal.

After almost ten years, the Alexander Palace, the final home of the Romanovs, is back and open for visitors.

Imitation is the highest form of flattery, especially when it comes to one's name on a ballot.

In this week's Odder News: raccoon rescue, low light, and cats, both homeless and elite.

Molly Gartland’s The Girl from the Hermitage follows the turns of fate over nearly a century of a single family in St. Petersburg, whose lives are forever altered by a portrait assignment.

St. Petersburg hosts one-eleventh of the UEFA Euro 2020 tournament this summer.

In this week's Odder News, a noble Hermitage cat predicts the UEFA tournament in St. Petersburg, new rules for flying with pets, and Russia's three biggest problems.