In this week's Odder News, futuristic cities, unexpected parliamentary candidates, and the twisties.

Covid’s got a sun sign, and Russian television personality and astrologer Vasilisa Volodina is out to break the virus some bad news.

In this week's Odder News, Russian highway drivers stop for a duckling crossing, a woman fakes her own kidnapping and pays for it, and what does it signify if two black sphynx cats cross your path?

While the U.S. Pentagon teases knowing the truth about UFOs, Volgograd continues to attract more of them... supposedly... than anywhere else.

News of Britney Spears’s recent appearance in court has crossed the globe, and a well-meaning group of supporters in Russia have taken offense at her plight.

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

In this week's Odder News, we have mutant dolphins, wild rappers, and (of course) vintage Zhigulis.

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

In this week's Odder News, a city mayor uses TikTok and Grand Theft Auto to communicate with his constituents, the Teletubbies show up in Norilsk, and a Perm barn is sacrificed to TikTok.

Russian television celebrated pop singer Philipp Kirkorov's 54th birthday in grand fashion at the end of April.

If you think Putin is the only Hottest Man in Russia, think again.

If you’re a fan of hairy fairy folk with a hint of пошлость (crass banality), look no further! Russia’s Channel Five recently published two episodes of a supposedly “lost” television show based on “The Lord of the Rings” that was filmed in 1991.