Russian Jeweler Claims Coronavirus-Shaped Pendant As Talisman Against Real Coronavirus
Dr.Vorobev, a “medical jewelry” company based in Kostroma, Russia, has been getting a lot of attention for the sterling silver coronavirus-shaped pendants it has been selling since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Sold online for 1,000 rubles ($13), the coronavirus pendant created by Dr. Vorobev has become a very controversial piece of jewelry on […]
Russian Granny Decorates Her House With Plastic Bottle Cap Mosaics
Nina Krinitsina, a pensioner from the Russian village of Makarye, around 850 kilometers east of Moscow, has been decorating her modest house with colorful bottle cap mosaics for the last seven years. The amateur artist, who currently has over thirty plastic mosaics nailed to the walls of her house – some numbering over 1,000 bottle […]
Russian Hunters Shoot Giant Wolf That Terrorized Remote Village
Photos of hunters struggling to lift up a giant wolf they had shot so they can pose with it have been doing the rounds on social media this week. The incredibly large animal was reportedly shot near the village of Aleksandrovka, in Blagoveshchensk district, the autonomous Republic of Bashkortostan, where packs of wolves had recently […]
Female Boxer Hid Her Gender in Order to Compete Against Men
Tatyana Dvazhdova, a 22-year-old female boxer from Russia doesn’t consider herself weaker than a man, and to prove this point she spent years hiding her gender and fighting male boxers under the fake name “Vladimir”. During a conference called “International Women’s Day – Feminism, Socialism, Sexism”, Tatyana Dvazhdova revealed that a few years ago she […]
Birthday Party Ends in Tragedy After Dry Ice Is Dumped in Swimming Pool to Make the Water Cooler
A Russian influencer recently took to social media to share details of a freak accident that claimed the lives of her husband and several friends during a pool party for her 29th birthday. The victims reportedly suffocated after dry ice was unloaded into the pool. Ekaterina Didenko, an Instagram star with over 1 million followers, […]
Russian Hachiko Waits for His Master to Get Off Work Every Day
People passing by the Mega shopping center in the Russian city of Kaliningrad every day have gotten used to the blue sweater-wearing husky calmly waiting for something or someone on the cold pavement. He’s been dubbed the Russian Hachiko and the comparison actually makes some sense. The clean blue sweater that the Russian Hachiko wears […]
Russian Police Officers Busted for Faking Drug Bust
A couple of police officers in Russia were convicted for busting a drug den that they had created themselves in order to boost their performance rating. Senior detective Ivan Mantrov and Yury Titov, the head of a police station in the Russian city of Kostroma, allegedly convinced three locals to produce the illegal synthetic drug […]
13-Year-Old Girl Claims Her 10-Year-Old Boyfriend Got Her Pregnant
In a controversial case that has been the talk of a whole country these last few days, a 13-year-old girl went on TV to tell the world that she is pregnant with her 10-year-old boyfriend. The two children, Darya and Ivan, recently appeared on Russian television show “On Air Live” to tell their story, get […]
Cat Goes Crazy, Keeps Owner Captive in the Kitchen for Two Whole Days
A Russian woman was allegedly unable to leave her kitchen for two days after her pet cat started behaving aggressively and tried to attack her whenever she tried to exit the room. This is the kind of news story that sounds so crazy, it has to be fake! At least that’s what I thought when […]
Russian Man Tries to Sell Childhood Painting for $2.3 Million
A Moscow man made national news headlines this week for putting a drawing he made when he was only six-years-old on sale online for no less than 140 million rubles ($2.3 million). 41-year-old journalist Vladimir Mkrtchyan placed the ad for his old childhood drawing on Russian classifieds site Avito on Monday, and it quickly went […]
11-Year-Old Boy Dubbed Russia’s Strongest Child After Deadlifting 100-Kg Barbell
While most 11-year-olds are mostly concerned with school, video games, and surfing the web, Timofey Klevakin, a boy from rural Russia, is busy training in the gym and breaking weightlifting records. Ever since he was five years old, Timofey was interested in weightlifting, watching his father train at a makeshift gym in their home village […]
Russian Television Launches Reality Show Centred Around Life at Secluded Monastery
In a time when reality TV is pretty much synonymous with the Kardashian name, launching a reality show centered around life at a secluded orthodox monastery hardly sounds like a winning idea, but one Russian TV channel is going ahead with the project anyway. A television channel entirely owned by a religious organization affiliated with […]
Spray-Painted Polar Bear Baffles Russian Wildlife Experts
Footage of a full-grown polar bear with “T-34” spray-painted in black on its side has left wildlife experts in Russia scratching their heads as to who or why branded the animal this way. The T-34 was a legendary Soviet tank that played a crucial role in Russia’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War 2, […]
Russian Cows Wear VR Headsets to Reduce Their Anxiety, Increase Milk Production
In an attempt to reduce cows’ anxiety and hopefully increase their dairy production, a cattle farm in Moscow’s Ramensky district has equipped its herd with specially-designed virtual reality headsets. Research has shown that there is a link between a cow’s emotional state and it’s daily milk yield. In the past, we’ve heard of dairy farms […]
Shelter Dog Gets Rejected Because of Its Perfectly Arched Eyebrows
Betty, a five-month-old puppy found on the outskirts of Bratsk, in Russia, and placed in the care of a local shelter, was initially rejected by families looking to adopt a dog, because of her unusual look. When caretakers at the Dobrie Ruki (Kind Hands) shelter, in the Russian city of Bratsk, saw Betty’s black eyebrows […]