Russian Company Patents Dandelion Drone Protection System for Tanks
A Russian company has patented a tank protection system against First-Person View (FPV) drones that makes the vehicles look like giant dandelions.
Man Changes His Name Every Year to Avoid Paying Child Support
Some people can get pretty despicable when it comes to paying child support, like this Russian man who changed his name every year just so he could get out of having to support his kid.
Man Stages Carjacking to Avoid Going Shopping with His Wife
A Russian man went through the trouble of staging the theft of his own car just so he could avoid going shopping with his wife.
Factory Worker Receives All His Colleagues’ Salaries by Mistake, Refuses to Return Any Money
A factory worker in Khanty-Mansiysk,, Russia, is being sued by his company for refusing to return over 7 million rubles ($87,000) he was wired by mistake due to a software glitch. When he received a notification from his banking app at the beginning of this year, Vladimir Rychagov couldn’t believe his eyes. Apart from the […]
Woman Allegedly Changes Eye Color While Pregnant so Her Child is Born with Blue Eyes
A young woman went viral on Russian social media after claiming that she underwent a procedure to change her eye color during her pregnancy so her baby would be born with the new eye color. Did you know there are multiple procedures that allow people to change their eye color? Apart from artificial iris implants, […]
Pubic Hair Wigs Are the Newest Craze Among Trendy Russian Women
Russian women are reportedly paying up to 20,000 rubles ($245) for tiny wigs that they glue to their pubic area for a more natural look inspired by the 1990s. According to Russian media, the popularity of pubic hair wigs has skyrocketed in recent months, inspired by a naturalness trend sweeping Russia. Both young men and women […]
You Can Now Buy a $49,000 Electric Mercedes-Benz SL300 for Your Child
Looking for the ultimate luxury children’s sports car? In that case, look no further than this scaled-down version of a Mercedes-Benz SL300 with a price tag of just 4 million Russian rubles ($49,000). If you’re one of those parents with more money than sense, this scaled-down version of the legendary 1950s-60s Mercedes-Benz SL300 can be […]
Russian Startup Tests Cow Neuro-Implants to Boost Milk Production
Russian tech startup Neiry has become the first in the world to insert neuro-implants into cow brains to increase milk yield when all other methods are exhausted. Neiry announced its intention to begin testing its neuro-implants on live cows back in April. Last month, its specialists performed surgeries on five cows to fit them with […]
Woman Literally Sells Her Soul for a Collection of Labubu Dolls
In a controversial social experiment, a young Russian woman signed away her soul for 100,000 rubles ($1,180), which she used to buy a Labubu doll collection and a concert ticket. It all started as a joke from a marketing expert who identified himself as Dmitri on the Russian social network Telegram. He posted an ad […]
Russian Police Officers Who Refuse Bribes Are Compensated with the Amounts They Were Offered
In Russia’s Rostov region, authorities are testing a controversial anti-corruption measure – police officers who refuse bribes are rewarded with the amounts they were offered. In Russia, police corruption is a harsh reality that most people have to deal with on a daily basis, but in southern Russia’s Rostov region, people are even more worried […]
Demand for Lip Augmentation Increasingly Popular Among Dagestani Men, Reports Suggest
In Dagestan and other republics of Russia’s North Caucasus Federal District, lip fillers are gaining popularity among men, sparking controversy. Dagestan and the other predominantly Muslim North Caucasus republics are famous for their bearded, manly-looking men, but a new beauty trend is slowly chipping away at the region’s manly reputation. According to Russian media, North […]
Russian Man Gets Four Years in Penal Colony for Derogatory Social Media Comment
A 31-year-old Russian man was recently convicted to 4.4 years in a penal colony for promising to urinate on a symbol of the Russian military in a comment he posted on social media. The incident that led to the conviction of 31-year-old Alexander Panasenko occurred in May of 2024, when the Kremerovo native took to […]
80-Year-Old Woman Falls from Sixth Floor Apartment, Survives Unscathed
An 80-year-old woman from Yekaterinburg, Russia, can call herself lucky to be alive after falling from the window of her sixth-floor apartment and landing on top of a parked car. The accident occurred last Thursday, as the unnamed octogenarian was cleaning the windows of her apartment. A single moment of carelessness was enough to send […]
Man Suffers Kidney Failure After Doing 2,000 Squats to Win a Bet
A young man in Russia was hospitalized and treated for kidney failure after doing 2,000 squats to win a bet with a friend. Doctors at the nephrology department at the Vladivostok Clinical Hospital No. 2, in Primorsky Krai, Russia, recently reported the unusual case of a man in his early 20s who was hospitalized with […]
Russian Activists Want Turkish Soap Operas Banned Because They Make Russian Men Look Bad
Members of the State Duma (Russian Parliament) and activist organizations in Russia have called for the ban of Turkish soap operas because their perfect male protagonists put Russian men in a bad light. Representatives of the “Veterans of Russia” movement have appealed to the Russian State Duma and Roskomnadzor (the agency responsible for monitoring and […]