“Russia’s Most Advanced Robot” Turns Out to Be Man in Robot Suit
Yesterday, during the opening of Russia’s annual “PROJECT” scientific forum in the city of Yaroslavl, the audience got to see Boris, a highly-advanced robot that major news channel Russia24 called “the country’s most modern robot”. Only Boris wasn’t really all that advanced, or even a robot, for that matter. Very similar in appearance to Honda’s […]
Exhausted Burglar Falls Asleep on the Job
Russian media recently reported the comical case of a burglar who last week broke into an office building in the city of Orenburg and then fell asleep in an office chair. The botched burglary took place on November 20th, when a 36-year-old man fraudulently entered a private office building on Sharlykskoye Road, in Orenburg, by […]
Just a Woman with a Live Fox on Her Shoulder Waiting for the Subway Train in Moscow
Here is something you don’t see every day – a woman casually waiting for the subway train in Moscow with a full-grown pet fox perched on her shoulder. A video of the unnamed blonde woman and her unusual pet has been doing the rounds on Russian social media for a week. Its origin is currently […]
Woman Who Called Herself a Vampire Gets Jail Time For Attacking Man She Thought Was a Werewolf
A 22-year-old female fan of the hit TV show “The Vampire Diaries” who considered herself the real-life vampire heroine Elena Gilbert was recently sentenced to two and a half years in prison after stabbing a man that she allegedly considered a werewolf. The bizarre attack occurred in the Russian city of Novosibirsk, back in February. Ekaterina […]
Russian Man Shares One-Room Apartment with Full-Grown Pet Wolf
A Russian man has become so attached to a wolf that he adopted as a small pup that when he had to leave his old home and move into an apartment in the big city of Volgograd, he took the wolf with him. Ivan L. and his daughter have been sharing their home with Gray, […]
Man Gets Embarrassing Forehead Tattoo After Refusing to Pay Tattoo Artist
A Russian man who reportedly has the habit of scamming tattoo artists by refusing to pay for their work recently got “scammer” permanently tattooed on his forehead by his latest victim. A photo of the smiling unnamed man showing off his unusual forehead tattoo was posted online last week by Russian tattoo artist Roman Bikeev, […]
Man Plunges 8-Inch Knife into His Own Skull So He Can Breathe Better
A Russian man miraculously survived after inserting an 8-inch kitchen knife into his skull. Asked why he did that to himself, the man told police that he was trying to make another hole so he could breathe better. Last week, police in the town of Donetsk, Russia’s Rostov region, found a local man kneeling by […]
Family Sued Over Unpaid Electric Bills Place Blame on Their Cat
A family in Russia’s Barnaul region was recently taken to court by the local energy company for accumulating a debt of approximately 80,000 rubles ($1,218) in unpaid bills. In their defense, the accused claimed that it was all their cat’s fault, not theirs. It’s one thing for kids to say “the dog ate my homework”, […]
Russian Couple Claim Chicks Hatched from Store-Bought Eggs Left on Window Sill
A young couple has been making news headlines in Russia for claiming that live chicks hatched out of a carton of store-bought eggs they forgot on a window sill before going on vacation three weeks ago. Irina and Ivan, two entertainers from Moscow, Russia, recently posted photos of cute yellow chicks on their social media […]
Russian Man Builds Tree House on Neighbors’ Property While They Are Away on Vacation
A Russian pensioner recently made national news headlines after stripping two tall pine trees on his neighbors’ property of all their branches and using them as supports for a wooden tree house. He never asked for permission to do this, instead taking advantage of the fact that they were away on vacation. Irina Chukanova and […]
Mysterious Environmental Incident Leaves Crimean City Without Birds
Armyansk, a city on the Russian-occupied Crimea Peninsula, has been left without any kind of birds after a mysterious chemical incident at the nearby Crimean Titan plant. On August 23 – 24, an unknown substance spewed into the atmosphere, covering everything in a rust-like plaque and emanating a foul odor. Social media was buzzing with reports […]
Russians Get Domino’s Pizza Logo Tattoos in Exchange for “Free Pizzas for Life”
The Russian branch of Domino’s Pizza was curious to know just how much people love their pies, so they came up with a promotion that challenged fans to get a tattoo of the Domino’s logo in a visible spot on their bodies, for the chance to win 100 free pizzas per year, for 100 years. […]
Russian Man Gets Over 11 Years in Prison for Shamanic Medicine He Bought in Peru
A young Russian artist was recently sentenced to 11.5 years in prison for bringing home two small bottles of ayahuasca – a famous spiritual medicine prepared by indigenous peoples of the Amazon basin – that he bought while visiting Peru. Maxim Gert, a resident of Nizhny Tagil, a city in Russia’s Sverdlovsk Oblast, had no idea […]
Siberian Village to Change Name to ‘Syria’ in Order to Draw Government’s Attention
In order to get the attention of the government in Moscow, the citizens of a small Russian village have launched an initiative to their name from Bungur to “Syria”. Their reasoning is that Russia has invested tens of millions of dollars in the middle eastern state, so surely they can spare some rubles for a […]
Man Divorces Wife of 14 Years After She Mocks His Favorite Football Player
Big sporting events like the World Cup are supposed to bring people together in support of their favorite teams and players, but for one Russian couple married for 14 years, the 2018 World Cup was reason for divorce. 40-year-old Arsen and his 37-year-old wife, Ludmyla, are both big football fans. In fact, they met in […]