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New Bikini Skiing World Record Set by Russians

On April 18, swimwear parade on skis took place in Kemerovo region of Western Siberia. 1835 skiers and snowboarders gathered to slide down simultaneously...

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The Great Beer Heist: A resident of Omsk stole 20 tons of beer

Omsk police detained an unidentified 22-year-old man, who is accused of stealing beer. The weight of the stolen beer was 20 tons (40,000 pounds)...

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Aelita Wall Painting Allegedly Scared Chechen Boxers Away

Chechen men are well-known for their manliness and religiousness. One might expect toughness from Chechen athletes, but they turned out to be superstitious too....

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Girls who danced at Malaya Zemlya Memorial Got Arrested

Girls, whose dance seemed obscene to some residents of Novorossiysk, were found guilty of misdemeanor by a local court. Girls in their twenties, uploaded...

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Smart-Looking Raccoon to Become an Animal Gang Leader in Yekaterinburg Prison...

Some Russian prisons use animals to rehabilitate inmates. Recently, raccoon nicknamed Semyon was checked into the Yekaterinburg prison zoo. There are already animals living...

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Baikal seals commemorate WWII Victory Day

Irkutsk “Nerpanarium” (Baikal Seal Aquarium) offers a patriotic seal show. Trained nerpas (Baikal Lake seals) wear military berets, hold guns, flags while “marching” and...

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Some Russians Protest LGBT Pride with Russian Flag Profile Pictures

Facebook has enabled a Celebrate Pride function which allows users to decorate their current profile picture with the iconic LGBT rainbow flag. In response,...

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United Russia Party Introduces ‘Straight Flag’ To Counter LGBT Flag

On July 8th, in response to the legalization of gay marriage in the United States, the “United Russia” political party introduced it’s own “Straight...

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Yaroslavl City: Traffic Lights in the Middle of Nowhere

In 2014, Yaroslavl City authorities came up with the plan to construct a road at this place. Due to lack of funding, this idea...

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Communist Party Digitally Altered Images to Include More Supporters

On August 26th, State Duma deputy, the secretary of the Communist Party, Sergei Obukhov met with residents of Krasnodar. Apparently,  the turnout was not...

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How Russian TV gradually brainwashes people with weather forecasts

Russia 24 news channel aired the story about the weather in Syria. According to the leading weather forecast service, Russia has chosen a successful...

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Asha town hospital looks like a barn

On October 7th, this photo of the Town Hospital №2 of Chelyabinsk Oblast town of Asha appeared in “VKontakte” social network. The shocking image...

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Irritated by kids noises, Tver senior citizen demolished the children playground

An old lady organized demolition of the children playground in Tver. Prior to the demolition, unhappy woman wrote a complaint to the district administration,...

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Neuro Jeep: Helmet That Lets You Control Objects With Your Mind

“Neuro Jeep”, a helmet which is controlled by the power of thought was introduced by some young inventors in Moscow on Tuesday. This helmet...

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How Social Media Users Responded to Turkey’s downing of Russian warplane

On Tuesday, Turkey downed the Russian warplane over Syria. Social network users promptly responded with a series of jokes. Even though this is not...

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Blackout: Mobile TV in Crimea to show “news”

The power blackout orchestrated by anti-Russian saboteurs brought a week of struggling to Crimea residents. Crimea was plunged into a complete blackout after electricity...

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Surgeon Beats His Patient to Death

On December 29, 2015, the outrage erupted in the city of Belgorod, after surgeon Ilya Zelenidov beat his patient to death. Shocking incident happened in the emergency room of the department of therapy....

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Patriarch Kirill’s Meeting With Penguins in Antarctica Goes Viral

Recently, Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill has traveled to the Antarctic. There, he visited the only permanent church in the South Pole, met the scientists at a Russian polar station, and interacted...

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Allegedly Drunk Woman Hits 17 Cars In a Parking Lot

On February 23rd, a woman driver was arrested for drunk driving in Krasnodar, Russia. Allegedly, she celebrated the Men’s day a little too hard. She managed to damage over a dozen of cars: 17 to be...

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St. Petersburg’s Orthodox Cossacks Prepared Personal “Oscar” for DiCaprio

Representatives of the St. Petersburg society “Orthodox Union of Cossacks” prepared a personal “Oscar” for the Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio. In case if the actor doesn’t get the official award,...

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