(Almost) Jet Ski Season, (Almost) Presidents, and Online (Almost) Learning

In this week's Odder News: a president by any other name, distance learning gets its due, and fences turn out to be more contentious than we thought they could be.

The new head of Russia's United Shipbuilding Corporation has been in charge for more than a week now, but he's refused to take the title of president. Why? "In fact, the answer is very simple — there is only one president in the country, and we all know him."
In the wake of coronavirus, schooling from home could become the norm in some parts of Russia. The Ministry of Education is planning an experiment on the feasibility of more widespread remote learning, which would start this fall and last for two years. If it means more Minecraft for us, we're game.
Speaking of, a bill recently introduced into the Duma that would allocate funds as part of maternity payments to help families afford the technology necessary for long-distance learning, which we definitely wouldn't use to play Minecraft.
The numbers are in: reportedly, of the 15 million Russians precluded from work during quarantine, only about 680,000 actually lost their jobs (4.5%). According to the Ministry of Economic Development, "This is generally not a bad result."
Hundreds of Russian jet ski enthusiasts took to the waters of St. Petersburg last week to celebrate the opening of jet ski season, which, honestly, we didn't even know was a thing.
Can fences get you in trouble? Apparently. An investigative reporter in the Trans-Baikal region found himself receiving death threats from a contractor after lampooning a shoddy barrier on social media. We think they should resolve the issue with a swordfight: fencing over fencing.

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