For some reason, residents of Chelyabinsk region rejected the “Family of a SVO Soldier” monument donated to Troitsk. A local survey showed most were against installing it. #Russia

Russian gas is now 8% pricier than in the U.S. Cheap oil doesn’t help when taxes and fees make up 60% of the price. #Russia

‘Negative growth.’ Samara region governor Fedorishchev explained what the proper term is for this year’s economic downturn. #Russia

Ekaterina Mizulina, head of #Russia Safe Internet League, claims that “every second child” now wants to leave Russia after Roblox was blocked — even kids who proudly carried Russian flags.

A #Moscow woman was forcibly taken to a rehab clinic so her husband could drain her bank account and avoid divorce. She spent months locked inside while he took custody of their child and nearly $5K from her card. 7 other women were brought in the same way unusualrussia.com/wife-trapped...

A Russian lawmaker says a woman’s “primary function” is giving birth — and that banning women from certain jobs supposedly “protects their health” so they can fulfill it. — MP Svetlana Bessarab #Russian #women

A 19-year-old from Astrakhan drank 3–4 energy drinks a day to win a luxury car in a blogger’s contest. He didn’t win — but ended up with type 1 diabetes, organ failure, and lifelong disability. #Russia www.gazeta.ru/social/news/...

The 2000s “barcode bangs” are back. Gen Z is flooding barbershops for the sharp throwback cut that once cost 100₽ ($1) — now it’s about 1200₽ ($13). Barbers call it bold, stylish, and perfect for confident guys with short or medium hair. #Russia

“Anxiety” was chosen as #Russia’s main word of 2025. Other contenders: faith, shady deal, cringe, love, hope, expectation, and change.

🇷🇺🐕📶 #Russia’s latest “innovation”: turning stray dogs into walking Wi-Fi hotspots. A quirky project hopes the added visibility will help more pups get adopted — yes, it’s real. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

Chinese tourists are rushing to Murmansk: folklore says a baby conceived under the Northern Lights will be lucky. Bookings to the city jumped 20% this holiday season. #Russia #China #travel #Murmanks

The head of AvtoVAZ is disappointed in Russians because they were ‘very sluggish’ this year and did not buy Ladas. Because of this, the company will not present its new models. ‘We definitely aren’t in the mood for new models,’ said Maksim Sokolov. #Russia #Lada

#Roblox has effectively “died” in #Russia. Neither the website nor the game is working. Earlier, Russia’s telecom regulator had warned that the platform could be blocked. Officials claim the game has become a breeding ground for scammers and pedophiles.

Klavdia Gadyuchkina, Russia’s oldest resident, has died in Yaroslavl at 114 — just days before her 115th birthday. Born in 1910, she lived through Tsarist Russia, the revolution, world wars, and the entire modern era. #Russia

Mortgage holders in Voronezh are getting free drinks. A local shot bar is offering complimentary infusions to anyone who shows their mortgage agreement. If your rate is under 5%, you get one shot; from 5% to 15% — two; and over 15% — you get three right away. #Russia

November in Russia was unhinged: heating vibrators, mustache-growing teens, a 77-year-old CS2 grandma, and remote workers “getting dumber.” Full roundup 👉 unusualrussia.com/russia-weird... #weirdnews #Russia

A plastic medal will be given out for having a child in the Sverdlovsk region. The head of the local Health Ministry, Tatyana Savinova, is convinced this will help boost the birth rate. To complete the full medal collection, you’ll need to have four children, the minister said. #Russia

Stray dogs were proposed to be sent to the war for mine clearance. Billionaire deputy Boris Melnichenko said the dogs should be considered liable for military service and sent to the front to clear mines. #Russia

A miraculous healing occurred at the Trinity Sergius Lavra. #Russia

#Russia is now fining #tarot readers. A woman in Krasnodar was charged with “extremism” after posting a tarot card featuring Baphomet and a pentagram. The court tied it to a banned “Satanist movement.”

🇷🇺 Dive into the weirdest, wildest #museums across #Russia — from a Macabre Funeral Culture museum to a whimsical Mouse Museum (yes, actual mice everywhere 🐭), a samovar shrine, an underground ice-palace, and more. Dare to explore the unexpected 👉 unusualplaces.org/unusual-muse...

77-year-old streamer Olga Ivanovna from Nizhny Novgorod was nominated for an international award after wiping an entire enemy team in CS2. Her clip went viral — now NNYS might crown her with “Best Gaming Moment.” #Russia

The word “ass” has been banned in #Russia. The word has been officially classified as obscene in the new Explanatory Dictionary of the State Language published by St. Petersburg State University.

A Russian man won 31M rubles (~$340K) after dreaming he was “reaching for the stars.” He bought three tickets, hit the jackpot, and now plans to pay off his mortgage, help his parents, and buy another apartment. #Russia #lottery #dreams

A St. Petersburg pensioner pulled a “pensioner scam” on a realtor. She sold him her apartment cheap, then claimed she’d been “influenced by scammers.” The court gave the home back to her, leaving the realtor with nothing. #Russia

Stalingrad has been given back its historical name. The city was renamed in honor of the Soviet leader on the 83rd anniversary of the start of the defeat of the Wehrmacht group, the #Volgograd administration reported. #Russia

20% of Russians are convinced that the Sun revolves around the Earth — according to a survey by the Institute of Psychology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. #Russia

In #Russia, stores have begun selling half-size Christmas trees for 16,000 rubles. They were designed for small apartments so the tree can be placed flush against the wall.

A man in central #Moscow smashed a New Year display on Kamergersky Lane and ran off with one of the matryoshka figures. Holiday spirit clearly hasn’t arrived by Nov 17.

🧐 Russia’s law-makers are dreaming up some wild proposals: from imprisoning the “lazy”, tracking all bachelors, banning luxury posts and pets for single women. Dive into the bizarre here ➡️ unusualrussia.com/weird-russia... #Russia #WeirdLaws

#Russia may start jailing people for vagrancy or unemployment. A proposal sent to the Federation Council suggests up to a year in prison or corrective labor. Officials claim it would fix worker shortages, illegal migration, and demographic issues.

Russians will be sent on “military tours” to Donetsk. DPR Deputy PM Kirill Makarov says visitors will be shown key sites, with real combat footage used for “educational” purposes. #Russia ria.ru/20251116/dnr...

An attempted robbery of a Russian woman in Argentina ended in complete failure for the criminals. The woman not only put up resistance but also managed to detain one of them. #Russia #women #Argentina

Perfume with the scent of summer-night barn sex was created by Russian perfumers. Users in the comments are leaving positive reviews about it. #Russia #perfume

The first anthropomorphic #AI robot in #Russia was shown in Moscow: right during the presentation, it took two steps and collapsed to the soundtrack from Rocky.

In #Russia, the first domestically produced anthropomorphic robot with #AI has been unveiled. The robot is called Aidol — it can operate completely offline and is capable of expressing emotions

A man in #Moscow got 3 years in prison for convincing people he could magically turn rubles into dollars by wrapping them in foil and soaking them in “special water.” He collected 1.7M RUB (≈ $17K).

Russian assault column, 2025. Exact date and location undisclosed. Remember when everyone was terrified of 42-km armored columns? Wild how far we’ve come. This looks like something straight out of Mad Max… except Mad Max had a $350k budget. This one looks like it was funded with about 350 cigarettes

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In November, Russian schools will swap out class bells for patriotic songs like “My Brothers” and “The Flag of My Country” by Denis Maidanov. It’s part of the “Melodies Instead of Bells” project — celebrating National Unity Day and promoting “togetherness” among students. 🇷🇺🎶

#Russia #countryballs #Ukraine

Toy “Shaheds” have started appearing for sale on Russian online marketplaces. They’re designed to hold firecrackers that explode upon impact. #Russia

A woman is a helper to a human, and without a husband she cannot exist, said the Russian Orthodox Church. If a woman doesn’t have a man, “she’s like a leaf carried away somewhere, back and forth,” noted priest Andrey Strutsky. #Russia #religion #women

The longest word in Russian has 55 letters — тетрагидропиранилциклопентилтетрагидропиридопиридиновые (tetragidropiraniltsiklopentiltetragidropiridopiridinovyye) It describes a complex chemical compound. Discovered by the Pushkin Institute. #Russia

Men shouldn’t admit cheating to their wives, says the Russian Orthodox Church. Metropolitan Rostislav of Tomsk claims such honesty “can destroy a family” — repentance should happen in confession, not at home. #Russia #religion www.m24.ru/news/religiy...

#Russia has launched “Orthodox programming” — JavaScript written in Cyrillic. 🇷🇺💻 Penza State University says it’s to “promote the native language in IT.” Students like it. Experts say they’ll just struggle later switching back to Latin script.