Culture & Customs

In this week's Odder News, a horse dung walking trail, a seal with a very proper name, and Mrs. Russia takes the stage.

“Don't believe it, don't click it, don't pay!”

– Sergey Volodkhin, director of the Russian company “Antiphishing,” explaining how online scammers bait their hooks,

The highest mountain in Russia has a bit of a trashy problem. 

Not-Russia took home more Olympic medals than it thought it would, placing third in the overall medal count race.

A Russian woman is suing McDonald's for producing advertising so effective she gave up on Lent.

In this week's Odder News, the biggest pot of borscht you'll ever see, a new birthday gift idea, and piranhas hit Sakhalin.

“There is not a single builder in Paradise.”

– Stanislav Lisichenko, Russian restaurateur, providing an anecdote for Russia’s “Builder’s Day," August 8.

Russia isn't known for being a warm-water country, but during the summer months there are more than enough accessible rivers, lakes, seas, and oceans within and around the country to have a little fun.

Trash-panda no more, this raccoon has developed a hankering for fine wine. 

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

Look out NFL – the Russian Super Bowl was held in the Moscow region last weekend.

“These people do not go to relax in other resorts, they settle in neighboring hotels: the more restrictions are imposed on legal business, the more it plays into the hands of those who work in the dark.”

– Natalia Stambulnikova, Chairman of the Association of Small Hotels of Crimea, warning of the ominous nature of coronavirus restrictions that impede tourism.