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.

In this week's Odder News, moose loose, ghost spotted, and hemp growing under the government's nose.

“I think he has already been born. I think he is already in school studying or in kindergarten. And of course, he is not alone. A great country will certainly appear.”

– On June 5, Dmitry Rogozin, head of Roscosmos, on where the Russian Elon Musk is.

Russia hosted the world's largest synchronized footrace at the end of May.

The Sandfest returns to the shores of St. Petersburg with global travel themes.

A century-old wrecked icebreaker was just found north of Russia.

A sixty-year-old Christmas present reveals how Soviet archaeologists perceived their craft.

The ultimate St. Petersburg film is coming to a Netflix account near you.