Russian tourists have found a genius way to get around Sochi for free with a personal driver.
They are mass-booking showings for houses and apartments near the beach, so real estate agents drive them to the area. Then the tourists simply walk away and go sunbathe, realtors complain.
Over a week, tourists can save more than 10,000 rubles — about $134 — on taxis this way. The scheme has been around for a second year, but this summer it has become widespread.
Chevrons of Wehrmacht units will be placed on the floor of the Park Pobedy metro station lobby in St. Petersburg so passengers can walk over them, Governor Beglov said.
The station flooring will be made from melted-down armor from German military vehicles found at World War II battle sites near Leningrad.
A gamer job in Moscow is offering 100,000 rubles — about $1,340 a month.
The listing says they’re looking for a sharp, charismatic Counter-Strike 2 gamer and streamer who can crush opponents, crack jokes, host entertaining streams, share their passion, and engage with a big audience.
Russians have started mass-searching online for how to siphon gasoline.
In just three months, the number of such searches jumped tenfold — from 4,000 to 44,000 per week.
Because of gas station limits, people on social media are discussing a new workaround: fill up the car, drive away, pour the fuel into a gas can, then return to the station again.
A domestic violence ban would discourage Russians from getting married, a State Duma lawmaker said.
According to Nina Ostanina, head of the Duma Committee on Family Protection, “guys will be afraid” of impulsive police reports from women and may refuse marriage — or fall under the childfree ideology, which is banned in Russia.
She argued that such a law could push men away from marriage and having children.
IT workers have been named the unhealthiest employees in Russia.
According to insurers, every second IT worker suffers from mental or physical health problems. The most common complaints are burnout, neck and back pain, and poor sleep.
A Russian gas station sign glitched into life advice.
Instead of showing prices, the fuel board spelled out “Ходи пешком” — basically, “Just walk.”
Given Russian gas prices lately, it accidentally became the most honest sign at the station.
The air smells of burning, and there’s black smoke in the sky.
Questions keep spinning in my head: Why these drone attacks? Who was bothered by this oil refinery that provides gasoline to Muscovites?
I have no answers.
But all of this looks like an attempt to drag Moscow into the war between Ukraine and Russia.
Muscovites, stay strong.
Netflix has bought the rights to Masha and the Bear.
The company will release the cartoon’s 8th and 9th seasons. The platform also acquired the rights to stream previous seasons and the spin-offs Masha’s Tales and Masha’s Spooky Stories.
Authorities in Dagestan painted a shark face on the world’s largest ekranoplan, angering locals and tourists.
The legendary Soviet missile-carrying craft Lun has been sitting at Patriot Park near Derbent, on the Caspian Sea, since 2021. After it was turned into a museum exhibit, locals and visitors often came to take photos, film videos, and tour the giant machine.
But recently, officials repainted its cockpit to look like a shark face with teeth. Not everyone appreciated the “creative” rebrand — many saw it as disrespectful to a unique Soviet-era object.
The “Caspian Monster,” as U.S. intelligence once called it, is a hybrid between a ship and an airplane. It is 242 feet long, 63 feet tall, and had a takeoff weight of 380 tons. The Lun could travel over land and water at speeds of up to 186 mph.
Park officials said they added the shark face because the missile-carrying…
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