The Russian Favelas of Sochi – How Car Garages Can Be Turned into Profitable Multiple-Storey Homes
The Russian city of Sochi is known as a popular seaside destination and for having hosted the 2014 Winter Olympics. But what most people don’t know about the seaside city is that it is home to a special type of residential complexes – so-called “Russian Favelas” made up of Soviet-era car garages converted into 3, […]
Russian Millionaire Lets His Children Pick Out His New ‘Hot’ Wife from 2,000 Hopeful Candidates
54-year-old Konstantin Scherbinin, a Russian multi-millionaire who made his fortune in the oil business, is letting his children pick out his next wife on a controversial reality show called ‘Millionaire for Marriage’. Scherbinin has allegedly vowed to respect the on-screen decision of his three daughters and one son, and propose to the lucky woman they select […]
The Debt Pyramid – An Original Way to Shame Debtors in Russia
After having its written payment notifications ignored by a client, a utility company in Russia came up with an ingenious way of coercing the debtor to pay his dues – it dumped a three-tonne concrete pyramid in front of his luxurious villa. Samara Utility Systems Ltd. had long been trying to get the unnamed resident […]
Thief Paints His Face Green to Make Himself HARDER to Recognize
In what can only be described as one of the dumbest ideas by a criminal ever, a young Russian thief covered his face with green paint to make himself harder to recognize by potential witnesses. Spoilers – it didn’t work. Last weekend, police in the Russian city of Krasnodar arrested a 23-year-old man accused of […]
Russia’s Recently Completed Floating Nuclear Power Plant Dubbed a “Nuclear Titanic”
While countries like Germany or on track to completely phase out nuclear power plants by 2022, Russia’s is building more of them and even making them floatable so they can provide power to remote areas. However, not everyone is convinced that placing a powerful nuclear reactor on a ship is such a good idea. Looking […]
Woman Turns to Unlicensed Friend for Cheap Filler Injections, It doesn’t Go Well
Elizaveta Tkachenko, a 30-year-old woman from Russia, wound up in the emergency room earlier this month, after getting unknown substances injected into her face by an unlicensed aesthetician. Tkachenko, a resident of Stavropol, had decided that she wanted to enhance certain facial features with the help of cosmetic filler injections, only instead of going to […]
Russian Politician’s Unusual Hairstyle Goes Viral
Russian senator Valentina Petrenko’s political career stretches back to the days of the former Soviet Union, and she’s since held various senior official jobs, but the thing she is most known for is her hair. Already the subject of countless memes on Russian social media, Petrenko’s glorious hairdo recently went viral internationally, and people just can’t […]
Russian Car Enthusiast Builds Functional Mercedes G-Class SUV Out of Ice Blocks
A motorist from the Russian city of Novosibirsk teamed up with a local ice sculptor to create a unique Mercedes G-Class SUV using blocks of ice mounted on a metal chassis and powered by an old engine. Vladislav Barashenkov, the host of Garage 54, a popular YouTube channel focusing on cars, recently went viral for […]
Russian Parents Agree to Fake Their Own Deaths to Help Convict Son That Tried to Have Them Killed
A 22-year-old man from Sochi, Russia, was recently busted by police after his parents help prove he tried to have them assassinated by posing for photos of their fake bloody murders. The shocking story of a young man who tried to have his parents and sister killed so he could inherit their wealth first appeared […]
Russian Parents Accidentally Discover Their Baby Is Alive Seven Years After Being Told It Had Died
A couple in Volvograd, Russia, were recently reunited with the child they had though had died seven years ago, right after birth. What’s even more astonishing is that the startling revelation was the result of a completely accidental administrative error. In 2011, a young girl gave birth at a hospital in Volgograd, but was soon […]
Russian Artist Builds 30-Meter-High Gothic Cathedral Out of Tree Branches, Then Sets It on Fire
Every year, the Nikola-Lenivets art park, near Moscow, Russia, burns a wooden structure to celebrate Maslevitsa, the oldest surviving Slavic holiday. This year, founder Nikolay Polissky burned the largest structure yet – a 30-meter-high Gothic cathedral made of wooden branches. On February 17, 2018, art lovers gathered at the Nikola-Lenivets art park witnessed one of the largest […]
Russian Crypto-Currency Fund Offers Psychological Support for Investors
Investing in crypto-currency like Bitcoin is a bit like going on a wild roller-coaster these days, and that can really take a toll on investors’ psyche. To help them better cope with the fear of losing huge sums of money due to devaluation, one Russian crypto-currency fund will start offering investors free psychological support. Moscow-based Blockchain […]
Unique Russian Cafe Lets Patrons Decorate the Walls with Plasticine
The Didu Cafe in Moscow, is one of the most interesting-looking cafes in the world. Its walls are covered with over 140,000 colorful plasticine figurines made by visitors over the years. It’s also home to the largest plasticine Mona Lisa on Earth. The founder of Didu Cafe wanted to give patrons a chance to leave […]
“Russian Iron Man” Fights Off Debt Collectors with Home-Made Titanium Exoskeleton
Anton Maltsev, an ex-member of Russia’s Special Forces and a Kossovo War veteran, was recently pardoned for turning his Moscow apartment into a veritable forces chuck full of traps, firearms and even a DIY titanium exoskeleton he used to fight off debt collectors. Maltsev’s unusual story first made news headlines in 2016, when military bomb disposal […]
Woman Assaulted in Nightclub Goes to the Hospital, Discovers Doctor Is Alleged Assaulter, Gets Beat Up Again
A young woman from the Russian Republic of Iacutia who was allegedly assaulted in a local disco went to the hospital to have her wounds registered so she could press charges, but was shocked to discover that the doctor on duty was the same man who had attacked her. Instead of checking her wounds, the […]