Russia has lowered its beer foam standards.
Under a new national standard approved by Rosstandart, the minimum beer foam head has been cut from 30 mm to 15 mm — about 1.2 inches to 0.6 inches.
Foam stability was also reduced from 3 minutes to 1 minute.
Fun fact: for years, beer under 10% ABV in Russia was treated more like a regular food product than alcohol. Only in the 2010s did beer get stricter alcohol-style regulation.
Gen Z Russians have started renting storage units because rent and mortgage prices in Moscow are insane.
A 108-square-foot unit near downtown Moscow costs just 17,000 rubles — about $218 a month, while smaller boxes for clothes and other belongings cost around 3,000 rubles — about $39.
Meanwhile, rent for a one-bedroom apartment starts at 70,000 rubles — about $900 a month.
Text on the meme:
“Dad, where is our gas?”
Context:
This is a remix of an old Russian meme that originally said “Dad, where is our child support?” — a joke about an absent father.
Now, after recent Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian oil refineries and fuel shortages, the punchline has been changed to “Dad, where is our gas?”
Basically, the meme shifted from family drama to Russia’s gasoline crisis.
Russian women have started mass-reselling used breast implants.
Demand for silicone breast implants has fallen. Implants that cost 180,000 rubles — about $2,300 — are being sold after removal for just 30,000 rubles — about $386.
Reasons vary: childbirth, pain, dissatisfaction with the result, or wanting to recover part of the surgery cost.
Doctors warn that used implants should not be reused, as it can be dangerous to health.
A man in Karelia is slowly carving 1,000 hares into a cliff — mostly through his own money, labor, and stubborn belief in the project.
About 20 miles from Petrozavodsk, there is a place where a rock face is slowly turning into a work of art. Here, under the open sky, hares appear on the stone: running, sitting, alert, funny, and all very different. This is the “Valley of Hares,” a large-scale land art project by Sergey Gapanovich. The sculptor began it in 2018 and continues working on it to this day.
The main thing in this story is not even the number, although the idea is impressive: on a rock face about 650 feet long and up to 33 feet high, there should eventually be 1,000 hares. As of spring 2026, there are already about 700 of them. What matters even more is something else: this is a rare…
Three African soccer players were reportedly invited to Russia to play for FC Ural — but ended up being sent to the war in Ukraine.
In 2025, 19-year-old Cameroonian player Stevis Astrid Mevungu Mbe, his brother, and a friend received an offer from a supposed agent to join the Russian club. Not knowing Russian, they signed documents and flew to Moscow.
But after landing, they were taken not to a training facility, but to a military recruitment office.
It turned out the papers they had signed were actually one-year military contracts. They were allegedly told they could return to soccer after serving.
Stevis ended up as an assault soldier and was wounded three times. His friend was killed, and his brother was captured. After his contract ended in May, the surviving Cameroonian settled in Yekaterinburg, where he now coaches teenagers.
Orthodox solar panel: When you pray for light, but the utility company says no.
Russian lawmakers want to slow down online games the same way they slowed Telegram.
The State Duma’s family and children committee says Roskomnadzor and the Digital Ministry could use their experience with other platforms to limit how long children spend continuously on screens.
Lawmakers say gaming and social media controls are needed to protect kids.
Earlier, Investigative Committee head Alexander Bastrykin claimed online games and in-game chats are an effective tool for recruiting teenagers into sabotage.
Russia wants to build a nuclear power plant on the Moon by 2036, according to a draft Roscosmos decree.
After 2036, the state space corporation plans to launch nuclear-powered spacecraft into outer space.
A Russian woman won 29 million rubles — about $390,000 — in the lottery thanks to a spider, without even getting off the couch or guessing a single number.
On the day of the win, a black spider crawled onto the hand of the senior woman from Russia’s Rostov region. A black spider is considered a sign of coming wealth.
She immediately bought an “All or Nothing” lottery ticket — and became a millionaire.
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