No Joke: Russian Online Store Auctions Off 21-Year-Old Man to Recover Debt
After failing to deliver on the contract he had signed with Russian online gift store Pich Shop, a 21-year-old entrepreneur agreed to be auctioned off to the highest bidder and marry a complete stranger for at least one year, in order to avoid being sued. A week ago, a strange listing showed up on PichShop.ru […]
Shop & Pray – Church Opens in Russian Shopping Center
The MEGA shopping center in Krasnoyarsk has become the first in Russia, and probably the world, to have its very own church, where busy shoppers can drop by and pray, take confession or simply get in touch with their spiritual side. It all started in spring of this year, when the shopping center management reached […]
Russian Politician Sacked for Recording Workout Video in Funeral Parlor
A regional Russian official was recently expelled from the ruling United Russia political party for recording a bizarre workout video at the workplace – a creepy funeral parlor – and posting it on her Instagram account. You can say that she gives the phrase ‘dying to lose weight’ a whole new meaning. Anastasia Myakina was […]
Russian Officials Use Photoshop to Fake City Cleanup, Again
Russian authorities in the city of St. Petersburg recently came under fire after it was discovered that they had used digital editing software like Adobe Photoshop to fake the cleanup of a local lamp post. Last week, a resident of St. Petersburg submitted a request on the local government official website asking that a lamp […]
Russian City Repairs Local Infrastructure with the Help of Photoshop
Officials in the Primorski district of Saint Petersburg, in Russia, apparently decided it would be cheaper to hire a good graphic designer to touch up some photos of damaged infrastructure than actually fixing it. According to a news story that went viral on Russian social media a few days ago, the local administration of Primorski district recently […]
Divorced Wealthy Couple Split Their Three-Storey Mansion with Brick Wall
A divorced Russian couple recently made headlines after they split their expensive mansion in half with a brick wall, which left the ex-wife unable to access the upper floors on her half because the stairway is on her former partner’s side. After their divorce, Margareta Tsvitnenko, 45, and her former spouse, Sergei, were ordered to split the […]
Four-Year-Old Russian Girl Speaks Seven Different Languages, Stuns the World
At first glance, Bella Devyatkina, from Moscow, Russia, is your typical carefree, playful four-year-old, but ask her a question in Russian, English, French, Spanish, German, Chinese or Arabic, and you will be shocked by her articulate response. Bella made headlines in Russia a few days ago, when she appeared on a TV talent show, where she spoke seven […]
Rich Chinese Bachelors Are Touring Siberia in Search of Beautiful Brides
Faced with a shortage of eligible women back home, China’s successful businessmen are apparently turning their attention to Russia. They are apparently paying thousands of dollars to go on ‘wife tours’ in Siberia, hoping to find the brides of their dreams. Elena Suvorova, head of a marriage agency in Novosibirsk, Russia’s third largest city, organized the first […]
Russian Driver Turns Dented Car Door into an Artistic Map
True to the saying “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade”, a Russian driver turned a badly dented car door into a beautiful map of the Altai mountains. The details of the accident are unclear, but by the looks of things, the artistically-gifted driver got a bit to close to a parked BMW SUV and […]
Russian Woman Spends 4 Months Trying to Revive Husband with Holy Water
Unable to cope with the death of her husband, a Russian woman reportedly spent at least four months trying to bring him back t life with the help of holy water and prayer. The unnamed 76-year-old retired therapist from the central district of Volgograd stunned police investigators when she said she didn’t report the death […]
German Family Flees Homeland “Dictatorship”, Seeks Asylum in Russia
Germany is widely regarded as one of the most democratic countries in the world, but for Carola Griesbach and her family it is nothing more that a dictatorship that they just had to escape from. So they hopped in their Volkswagen van and drove 1,400 miles to Moscow’s red Square where they are now asking […]
Shoyna – The Russian Village Fighting a Losing Battle against Sand
Shoyna, a small Russian village located on the edge of the arctic circle is often referred to as the world’s northernmost desert. The sand covers everything as far as the eye can see and the few people living here never dare shut their front doors at night, for fear of being buried alive by the ever-shifting […]
Russian Man Almost Blinds Himself for Fear of Cyber-Surveillance
A man from the Russian city of Perm recently made national headlines for cutting his own eyes in search of micro surveillance equipment and posting a video of the gruesome procedure online. Alem Kulakhmedov’s story sounds like the topic of a modern cyber-surveillance thriller. A few months ago, he started experiencing bizarre symptoms like eye […]
Russian Gas Station Offers Free Tank of Gas to People in Swimsuits and High Heels
A gas station in Russia’s Oblast region has been making headlines this week for organizing an unusual promotion – a free tank of gas to anyone who showed up dressed only in women’s swimsuit and high heels. The ingenious publicity stunt took place on July 21st, in the south-western city of Samara, and only lasted […]
Russian Bank Offers Pokemon Go Free Insurance
A Russian bank has found the perfect way to leverage the popularity of Pokemon Go to promote its products. Sberbank is offering Russian players free Pokemon Go insurance, promising to compensate players with up to 50,000 rubles (about $800) in case of gaming-related accidents. Playing Pokemon Go can be a very fun experience, but as you’ve […]